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…
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Thursday April 4, 2019 7:00 In an unnamed South American country, a world-renowned soprano sings at a birthday party in honor of a visiting Japanese industrial titan. Alas, in the opening sequence, a ragtag band of 18 terrorists enters the vice-presidential mansion through the…
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott Thursday March 7, 2019 7:00 Let’s celebrate the 150th anniversary of this beloved classic, at once a lively portrait of nineteenth-century family life and a feminist novel about young women defying society’s expectations. Then watch the 2018 movie, a modern retelling of LITTLE…
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 Yellow Birds By Kevin Powers Thursday February 7, 2019 7:00 Finalist for the National Book Award, The Yellow Birds is the harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive in Iraq. Bartle (21) and Murph (18) navigate the terrors of the war under the command of the…
The Bridge By Karen Kingsbury Thursday January 3, 2019 7:00 The Bridge, along with prequel The Beginning, is a heartwarming story of two couples who find love in a bookstore and experience the sort of miracle that can only happen at Christmastime. Kingsbury has written a modern-day classic with…
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,…
Same Kind of Different as Me By Ron Hall and Denver Moore Thursday December 6, 2018 7:00 Based on the bestselling inspiring true story of international art dealer Ron Hall, who befriends a homeless man in hopes of saving his struggling marriage to Debbie, a woman whose dreams will…
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,…