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The library has copies available in print and digital and are happy to help you track down a copy if you need it. (call us at 224-543-1485).
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See all- DISCUSS: Brooklyn by Colm TóibínThe Chatter Box of Long Grove, Long Grove, IL
We have Interlibrary Loaned copies of this book and have them behind the Vernon Area Library Adult Reference Desk for Vernon Area Card holders. Stop by or call 224-543-1485 for more information.
Note: our April meetup will be the 4th Thursday of the month instead of the 3rd because of Spring holidays.
Eilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland in the hard years following World War Two. When an Irish priest from Brooklyn offers to sponsor Eilis in America, she decides she must go, leaving her fragile mother and her charismatic sister behind. Eilis finds work in a department store on Fulton Street, and when she least expects it, finds love. Tony, who loves the Dodgers and his big Italian family, slowly wins her over with patient charm. But just as Eilis begins to fall in love, devastating news from Ireland threatens the promise of her future.
(Goodreads: 3.75/5)
Reading Group Guide (via the publisher): https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Brooklyn/Colm-Toibin/Eilis-Lacey-Series/9781501106477
*If you are doing the library's Branch Out Yearlong Reading Challenge this book counts in the One Word Titles category: https://guides.vapld.info/BranchOut
- DISCUSS: The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie LeongThe Chatter Box of Long Grove, Long Grove, IL
Tao is an immigrant fortune teller, traveling between villages with just her trusty mule for company. She only tells "small" fortunes: whether it will hail next week; which boy the barmaid will kiss; when the cow will calve. She knows from bitter experience that big fortunes come with big consequences. Even if it’s a lonely life, it’s better than the one she left behind. But a small fortune unexpectedly becomes something more when a (semi) reformed thief and an ex-mercenary recruit her into their desperate search for a lost child. Soon, they’re joined by a baker with a knead for adventure, and—of course—a slightly magical cat.
(Goodreads: 3.85/5)
Reading Group Guide (via the publisher): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/744457/the-teller-of-small-fortunes-by-julie-leong/9780593815915/reading-guide
*If you are doing the library's Branch Out Yearlong Reading Challenge this book counts in the Treat Yourself category: https://guides.vapld.info/BranchOut
