Adult Book Club

Indulge your love of reading with the Library team as you explore new books and dive deep into meaningful dialogue with fellow readers. Whether you’re a bookworm, a literary enthusiast or simply someone who enjoys a good read, this book club is for you! Readers will meet every other month, on the third Wednesday. This club is for adults only (18+).

This Month's Title: "Let Us Descend"

by Jesmyn Ward

Let Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery, as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching. Searching, harrowing, replete with transcendent love, the novel is a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader's guide through this hellscape. As she struggles through the miles-long march, Annis turns inward, seeking comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother. Throughout, she opens herself to a world beyond this world, one teeming with spirits: of earth and water, of myth and history; spirits who nurture and give, and those who manipulate and take. While Ward leads readers through the descent, this, her fourth novel, is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation.

Upcoming Dates and Titles

• September 18 | “The Last Cuentista” by Donna Barba Higuera
• November 20 | “There There” by Tommy Orange