Thursday Morning with Friends Book Club: "The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land In Between"
 

Reading and discussing current literary fiction, historical fiction and some nonfiction titles.
We are the Thursday Morning with Friends Book Club. We meet every fourth Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. in person at Central Library. This is a volunteer-led book club and new members are welcome.
2025 Reading List
- Jan. 23: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Feb. 27: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
- Mar. 27: The Return by Hisham Matar
- Apr. 24: James by Percival Everett
- May 22: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Nora Zeale Hurston
- June 26: The Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
- July 24: South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon Line by Imani Perry
- Aug. 28: The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
- Sept. 25: The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos
- Oct. 23: The Hunter by Tana French
- Nov. 20: All The Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley
- Dec. 18: West with Giraffes by Lydia Rutledge
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- Date:
- Thursday, March 27, 2025
- Time:
- 10:30am - 12:00pm
- Location:
- Bluemont Room
- Library:
- Central Library
- Audience:
- Events for Adults Good for Adults Age 55+
- Categories:
- Book Discussion
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About the Book:
"In 2012, after the overthrow of Qaddafi, the acclaimed novelist Hisham Matar journeys to his native Libya after an absence of thirty years. When he was twelve, Matar and his family went into political exile. Eight years later Matar's father, a former diplomat and military man turned brave political dissident, was kidnapped from the streets of Cairo by the Libyan government and is believed to have been held in the regime's most notorious prison. Now, the prisons are empty and little hope remains that Jaballah Matar will be found alive. Yet, as the author writes, hope is "persistent and cunning." This book is a profoundly moving family memoir, a brilliant and affecting portrait of a country and a people on the cusp of immense change, and a disturbing and timeless depiction of the monstrous nature of absolute power"--
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