Join us for a cocktail and book discussion

Newcomers are always welcome! Discussion is staff led.

We meet in person on the third Monday of each month except on those Mondays that we are closed because of a holiday, in which case we meet on the fourth Monday of the month

We are reading: 

 

REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Attendance is limited to 15 people.

We will be meeting at Samuel Beckett's Irish Pub,  2800 South Randolph Street, Arlington VA 22206

For more information, please call 703-228-6545.

Date:
Monday, July 21, 2025
Time:
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Samuel Beckett's Irish Pub, 2800 South Randolph Street, Arlington VA 22206
Library:
*Off-Site
Audience:
Events for Adults Good for Adults Age 55+
Categories:
Book Discussion
Calendar:
Arlington Public Library

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About the Book:

"Five years ago, Mira Bunting founded a guerrilla gardening group: Birnam Wood. An undeclared, unregulated, sometimes-criminal, sometimes-philanthropic gathering of friends, this activist collective plants crops wherever no one will notice: on the sides of roads, in forgotten parks, and neglected backyards. For years, the group has struggled to break even. Then Mira stumbles on an answer, a way to finally set the group up for the long term: a landslide has closed the Korowai Pass, cutting off the town of Thorndike. Natural disaster has created an opportunity, a sizable farm seemingly abandoned. But Mira is not the only one interested in Thorndike. Robert Lemoine, the enigmatic American billionaire, has snatched it up to build his end-times bunker--or so he tells Mira when he catches her on the property. Intrigued by Mira, Birnam Wood, and their entrepreneurial spirit, he suggests they work this land. But can they trust him? And, as their ideals and ideologies are tested, can they trust each other?

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