Room 216, McCall
Join PageTurners for a discussion of The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
The Correspondent is a gem of a novel about the power of finding solace in literature and connection with people we might never meet in person.
For copies of the book, call 203-291-4807. New participants are always welcome!
Contact Carolyn Zygmont at czygmont@westportlibrary.org for more information.
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Room 216, McCall
Join PageTurners for a discussion of Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects. It is sixteen years later, but Hercule Poirot just can’t get that nursery rhyme out of his mind…
For copies of the book, call 203-291-4807. New participants are always welcome!
Contact Carolyn Zygmont at czygmont@westportlibrary.org for more information.
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Room 216, McCall
Join PageTurners for a discussion of The Traitor's Wife by Allison Pataki
A riveting work of historical fiction, The Traitor’s Wife tells the little known but explosive story of Peggy Shippen Arnold, the cunning young wife of Benedict Arnold and mastermind behind one of the most shocking acts of treason in American history.
For copies of the book, call 203-291-4807. New participants are always welcome!
Contact Carolyn Zygmont at czygmont@westportlibrary.org for more information.
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Room 216, McCall
Join PageTurners for a discussion of Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst
This is the electrifying true story of a young couple shipwrecked at sea: a mind-blowing tale of obsession, survival, and partnership stretched to its limits.
For copies of the book, call 203-291-4807. New participants are always welcome!
Contact Carolyn Zygmont at czygmont@westportlibrary.org for more information.
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Room 216, McCall
Join PageTurners for a discussion of Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong returns with a bighearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.
For copies of the book, call 203-291-4807. New participants are always welcome!
Contact Carolyn Zygmont at czygmont@westportlibrary.org for more information.
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Room 216, McCall
Join PageTurners for a discussion of Jane Austen's Persuasion.
Persuasion is Jane Austen’s last completed novel. It is a brilliantly insightful story of regret, second chances, and the courage to follow our hearts
For copies of the book, call 203-291-4807. New participants are always welcome!
Contact Carolyn Zygmont at czygmont@westportlibrary.org for more information.
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Join PageTurners for a discussion of the WestportREADS selection, All the Water In the World by Eiren Caffall.
For copies of the book, call 203-291-4807. New participants are always welcome!
Contact Carolyn Zygmont at czygmont@westportlibrary.org for more information.
All the Water in the World is told in the voice of a girl gifted with a deep feeling for water. In the years after the glaciers melt, Nonie, her older sister, and her parents and their researcher friends have stayed behind in an almost deserted New York City, creating a settlement on the roof of the American Museum of Natural History. The rule: Take from the exhibits only in dire need. They hunt and grow their food in Central Park as they work to save the collections of human history and science. When a superstorm breaches the city’s flood walls, Nonie and her family must escape north on the Hudson. They carry with them a book that holds their records of the lost collections. Racing on the swollen river toward what may be safety, they encounter communities that have adapted in very different and sometimes frightening ways to the new reality. But they are determined to find a way to make a new world that honors all they’ve saved.
Inspired by the stories of the curators in Iraq and Leningrad who worked to protect their collections from war, All the Water in the World is both a meditation on what we save from collapse and an adventure story ― with danger, storms, and a fight for survival. In the spirit of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and Parable of the Sower, this wild journey offers the hope that what matters most ― love and work, community, and knowledge ― will survive.
"When the world collapses, will our love for each other? Eiren Caffall answers the hard questions in this luminous novel. All the Water in the World is a masterful story of a family fighting to not be drowned by a changing world. Each sentence is a treasure. Read this and be changed." — Rene Denfeld, best-selling author of The Child Finder and Sleeping Giants
Created in 2002, WestportREADS is a way for the Westport community to bond over a book and is designed to deepen our community’s engagement in literature.
Throughout January and February, there will be events and programs centered on All the Water in the World, book discussions, celebrations, and much more. It is a chance to not only read a great book but to engage with the community, meet new people, and celebrate our shared love of reading.
WestportREADS is funded by the estate of Jerry A. Tishman.
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Room 216, McCall
Join PageTurners for a discussion of The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
The Briar Club is a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era.
For copies of the book, call 203-291-4807. New participants are always welcome!
Contact Carolyn Zygmont at czygmont@westportlibrary.org for more information.
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Join PageTurners for a discussion of North Woods by Daniel Mason
North Woods is a sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries
For copies of the book, call 203-291-4807. New participants are always welcome!
Contact Carolyn Zygmont at czygmont@westportlibrary.org for more information.
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Join PageTurners in Room 210 for a discussion of Heartwood by Amity Gaige, which takes the reader on a gripping journey as a search and rescue team race against time after an experienced hiker mysteriously disappears on the Appalachian Trail in Maine.
For copies of the book, call 203-291-4807. New participants are always welcome!
Contact Carolyn Zygmont at czygmont@westportlibrary.org for more information.
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Join PageTurners in Room 210 for a discussion of The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon, a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.
For copies of the book, call 203-291-4807. New participants are always welcome!
Contact Carolyn Zygmont at czygmont@westportlibrary.org for more information.
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Room 210
Join PageTurners for a discussion of The Spectacular by Fiona Davies, who transports us back to 1950s Manhattan and the glamorous Radio City Music Hall.
For copies of the book, call 203-291-4807. New participants are always welcome!
Contact Carolyn Zygmont at czygmont@westportlibrary.org for more information.
