All patrons and friends of the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library are welcome to join Page Turners, the Library’s book discussion group. On Monday, October 13 (Indigenous People’s Day), we will be discussing Ben Shattuck's The History of Sound, which is also the selection for this year’s One Book One Valley program. You can learn more about both the book and OBOV at this site: https://onebookonevalley.org/.

Here’s a lineup of upcoming books: For November, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Behind You Is the Sea (2024), interlinked stories about a Palestinian American community in Maryland. For December, Ann Petry’s The Narrows (1953), which chronicles racial divides in small-town New England. In January and February we will dive into Stendhal’s brilliant classic The Charterhouse of Parma (1839).

Page Turners maintains a discussion list through which members receive background information and discussion questions for each book selection. Please contact Sue Lanser (925-6244 or lanser@brandeis.edu) if you would like to learn more about the group or wish to join our mailing list. With occasional exceptions, we meet on the second Monday of each month.