Novel Tea Book Club
Read the book and join the discussion! Novel Tea meets on the third Thursday of each month at 3pm in Artworks’ lower level.
Facilitator: Barbara Ross
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January 16
This novel takes place on Lake Superior and its environs in the not-too-distant future. The main character meets “an increasingly desperate and illiterate people, crumbled infrastructure and other issues that are easy to imagine.
february 20
When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town.
March 20
Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death.
April 17
Inspired by a true story, giraffes are driven across the USA during the depression, to a new home at the San Diego Zoo. Mayhem ensues
May 15
When Bunny Coburn was growing up, neighbors came together in times of hardship. No matter the trouble, they faced it with determination, camaraderie, and resourcefulness. In the midst of the Great Depression, despite record-breaking heat and crop failure, growing up on the family farm was nevertheless filled with bucolic pleasures.
Copies are available for purchase in our Painted Turtle Gift Shop.
