Book Clubs

Request your copy of the books online through CountyCat, call the library at (414) 321-9595, or stop at the Reference Desk.

Adult Book Discussion

Second Wednesday of the Month, 7:00-8:00 PM

September 11, October 9, November 13

For the Zoom meeting link contact Emily at emilya@greenfieldwi.us or (414) 321-9595 ext. 4106.

 

September 11: The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare

October 9: The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel

November 13: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

History Book Club

Fourth Tuesday of the Month, 7:00-8:00 PM

September 24, October 22, November 26

The History Book Club is a critical, yet social conversation for those who enjoy learning about and discussing history. All are welcome, even those who did not read but enjoy history! Contact Phil at phils@greenfieldwi.us or (414) 321-9595 ext. 4116 for more details and to register.


September 24: Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West by Tom Clavin

October 22: Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, The Berlin Wall, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth by Iain MacGregor

November 26: Book Report! Read a history book and present it to the group.

Afternoon Book Talks

Second Thursday of the Month, 2:00-3:00 PM

September 12, October 10, November 14

We are offering a new book club for those who would rather hold discussion in the afternoon! Join us for Afternoon Book Talks featuring some of the best and most popular novels of today! Come prepared with questions and talking points, having read the novel before each meeting. Contact Gabriel for more info: gabriels@greenfieldwi.us or (414) 321-9595 ext. 4101.


September 12: I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
October 10: A Death in Cornwall by Daniel Silva
November 14: Eruption by Michael Crichton & James Patterson

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by Oscar Wilde

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Frankenstein

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by Mary Wollstonecraft

The dreadful tale of Victor Frankenstein, a visionary young student of natural philosophy, who discovers the secret of life. In the grip of his obsession he constructs and animates a creature from dead body parts - with catastrophic results.

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December 2004
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd

One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd
by Jim Ferfus

An Indian request in 1854 for 1,000 white brides to ensure peace is secretly approved by the U.S. government in this alternate-history novel. Their journey west is described by May...

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January 2005
The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd

Lily has grown up believing she accidentally killed her mother when she was four. She not only has her own memory of holding the gun, but her father's account of the event. Now fourteen, she yearns for her mother, and for forgiveness.

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February 2005
Night

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by Elie Wiesel

A terrifying account of the Nazi death camp horror that turns a young Jewish boy into an agonized witness to the death of his family... the death of his innocence... and the death of his God.

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March 2005
Homecoming

Homecoming
by Belva Plain

tells the story of a family divided and of the proud matriarch who takes a bold last stand to unite her warring children in what may be their last Homecoming. It is a crisp December day when Annette Byrne walks to the end of her long, curving driveway...

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April 2005
Cat's Eye

Cat's Eye
by Margaret Atwood

It is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to the city of her youth for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the fierce politics...

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May 2005
Dive From Clausen's Pier

Dive From Clausen's Pier
by Ann Packer

At the age of twenty-three Carrie Bell has spent her entire life in Wisconsin, with the same best friend and the same dependable, easygoing, high school sweetheart. Now to her dismay she has begun to find this life suffocating and is considering...

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June 2005
Headlong

Headlong
by Michael Frayn

Invited to dinner by the boorish local landowner, Martin Clay, an easily distracted philosopher, and his scrupulous art-historian wife find themselves enlisted to assess the value of three dusty paintings moldering in the freezer breakfast room.

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August 2005
Aloft

Aloft
by Chang-Rae Lee

A visit from his daughter and her fiancé from Oregon prompts Jerry Battle to reassess his life, his family relationships, his professional success, and his disengagement from those around him, as he reflects on his professional success and his love of...

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September 2005