TDL Afternoon Bookclub
Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
THE 12 LIVES OF SAMUEL HAWLEY by Hannah Tinti
"Loo is twelve when she moves back to the New England fishing village of her early youth. Her father, Hawley, finds work on the boats, while she undergoes the usual heartaches of a new kid in school. But lurking over Loo are mysteries, both of the mother who passed away and of the grandmother she's forbidden to speak to,. And hurtling towards both father and daughter are the ghosts of Hawley's past." - Provided by the publisher.
TDL Afternoon Bookclub
Wednesday, 21 April 2021, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
THE LYING GAME by Ruth Ware
The idyllic coastal village of Salten is shocked by the discovery of human bones. The very next day three women, childhood friends who went to the same baording school receive the text they hoped would never come, "I need you!".
TDL Afternoon Bookclub
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
This event is held at the United Methodist Church on Bishop Reed Drive in Tecumseh.
WHAT THE EYES DON'T SEE by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha
This year's Great Michigan Read selection is What the Eyes Don’t See, which is a firsthand, fast-paced account of the Flint Water Crisis through the eyes of Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, the pediatrician who discovered elevated lead levels in Flint children. She ultimately alerted government officials and the public about the Flint Water Crisis.
TDL Afternoon Bookclub
Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
MEET ME AT THE MUSEUM by Anne Yongson
In Denmark, Professor Anders Larsen, an urbane man of facts, has lost his wife and his hopes for the future. On an isolated English farm, Tina Hopgood is trapped in a life she doesn't remember choosing. Both believe their love stories are over. Brought together by a shared fascination with a museum artifact, they begin writing letters to one another. And from their vastly different worlds, they find they have more in common than they could have imagined.
TDL Afternoon Bookclub
Wednesday, 21 October 2020, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides
Alicia Berenson's life is seemingly perfect. She lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London's most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia's refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety.
TDL Afternoon Bookclub
Wednesday, 16 September 2020, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
VIRGIL WANDER by Leif Enger
"An enchanting and timeless all-American story that follows the inhabitants of a small Midwestern town in their quest to revive its flagging heart"--Provided by publisher.