Orphan Train By Christina Baker Kline Tuesday May 21, 2019 7:00 pm Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by luck or chance. Would…
Carnegie’s Maid By Marie Benedict Tuesday April 16, 2019 7:00PM Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She’s not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to work in one of Pittsburgh’s grandest households. She’s a poor farmer’s daughter with nowhere to go and nothing in her…
The Dream Daughter By Diane Chamberlain TUESDAY March 19, 2019 7:00PM When Carly Sears, a young woman widowed by the Vietnam war, receives the news that her unborn baby girl has a heart defect, she is devastated. It is 1970, and she is told that nothing can be done…
The Flight Attendant By Chris Bohjalian Tuesday February 19, 2019 7:00 PM A powerful story about the ways an entire life can change in one night: a flight attendant wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man—and no idea what happened. … Afraid…
The Great Alone By Kristin Hannah TUESDAY January 15, 2019 7:00PM Kristin Hannah’s vivid depiction of a struggling family begins as a young father and POW returns from Vietnam, suffering from PTSD. The Allbright family, barely making ends meet in 1974, moves from Seattle to the untamed wilderness of Kaneq,…
IN The MIDST OF WINTER BY ISABEL ALLENDE TUESDAY NOVEMBER 20, 2018 7:00PM In the Midst of Winter begins with a minor traffic accident—which becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their lives. Richard Bowmaster—a…
Young Jane Young By Gabrielle Zevin Tuesday October 16, 2018 7:00 pm Aviva Grossman, an ambitious Congressional intern in Florida who makes the life-changing mistake of having an affair with her boss who is beloved, admired, successful, and very married and blogging about it. When the affair comes to light,…
The Dry By Jane Harper Tuesday September 18, 2018 7:00 pm A small town hides big secrets in The Dry, an atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by award-winning author Jane Harper. After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for the first time in…
An American Marriage By Tayari Jones Tuesday August 21, 2018 7:00pm Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young business executive and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the…
The Stranger in the Woods By Michael Finkel Tuesday July 17, 2018 7:00pm Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this…
