Did you know that the Dorris Van Doren Library has two book clubs that meet monthly?
The Dorris Van Doren Book Club meets every last Thursday of the month. They read a variety of different genres and typically select new and intriguing bestsellers. For the month of October they will be reading A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter.
From Pushkin Press: "In 1934, the painter Christiane Ritter leaves her comfortable home for a year with her husband on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen. On arrival she is shocked to realise that they are to live in a tiny ramshackle hut on the shores of a lonely fjord, hundreds of miles from the nearest settlement.
At first, Christiane is horrified by the freezing cold, the bleak landscape and the lack of supplies… But after encounters with bears and seals, long treks over the ice and months of perpetual night, she finds herself falling in love with the Arctic’s harsh, otherworldly beauty.
This luminous classic memoir tells of her inspiring journey to freedom and fulfilment in the adventure of a lifetime."
The next meeting of the Dorris Van Doren Book Club is Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 1 PM.
The True Crime Book Club meets every last Friday of the month. They read non-fiction in the true crime genre and discuss the many issues surrounding crimes including victim advocacy, mental illness, and the justice system. For the month of October they will be reading A Murder in Hollywood by Casey Sherman.
From Sourcebooks: "New York Times bestselling author Casey Sherman pulls back Tinseltown's velvet curtain to reveal the dark underbelly of celebrity, rife with toxic masculinity and casual violence against women, and tells the story of Lana Turner and her daughter, who finally stood up to the abuse that plagued their family for years. A Murder in Hollywood transports us back to the golden age of film and illuminates one of the 20th century's most notorious true crime tales."
The next meeting of the True Crime Book Club is Friday, October 24, 2024 at 4 PM.
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