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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
January 8, February 12, March 12, April 9, May 14
For the Zoom meeting link contact Emily at emilya@greenfieldwi.us or (414) 321-9595 ext. 4106.
April 9: The Women by Kristin Hannah
May 14: Horse by Geraldine Brooks
June 11: : The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
July 9: How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
History Book Club
Fourth Tuesday of the Month, 7:00-8:00 PM
January 28, February 25, March 25, April 22, May 27
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.
April 22: Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 by Nathaniel Philbrick
May 27: Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital
by David Oshinsky
June 24: The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator by Timothy C. Winegard
July 22: Brave Hearted: The Women of the American West by Katie Hickman
Afternoon Book Talks
Third Thursday of the Month, 2:00-3:00 PM
January 16, February 20, March 20, April 17, May 15
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.
April 17: How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin
May 15: My Friends by Hisham Matar
June 19: Isola by Allegra Goodman
July 17: Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
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Brave Hearted: The Women of the American West
by Katie Hickman
The true-life story of women's experiences in the Wild West is more gripping, heart-rending, and stirring than all the movies, novels, folk-legends, and ballads of popular imagination. Hard-drinking, hard-living...
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The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator
by Timothy C. Winegard
Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination?
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Dream Hotel
by Laila Lalami
Sara has just landed at LAX, returning home from a conference abroad, when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside and inform her that she will soon commit a crime. Using data from her dreams, the RAA's algorithm has determined...
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Isola
by Allegra Goodman
Heir to a fortune, Marguerite is destined for a life of prosperity and gentility. Then she is orphaned, and her guardian--an enigmatic and volatile man--spends her inheritance and insists she accompany him on an expedition to New France.
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How to Read a Book
by Monica Wood
Violet Powell, a twenty-two-year-old from rural Abbott Falls, Maine, is being released from prison after serving twenty-two months for a drunk-driving crash that killed a local kindergarten teacher. Harriet Larson, a retired English teacher who...
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The Berry Pickers
by Amanda Peters
A four-year-old Mi'kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that haunts the survivors, unravels a family, and will remain unsolved for nearly fifty years.
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My Friends
by Hisham Matar
"One evening, as a young boy growing up in Benghazi, Khaled hears a bizarre short story read aloud on the radio, about a man being eaten alive by a cat. Obsessed by the power of those words--and by their enigmatic author, Hosam Zawa--Khaled eventually...
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How to Solve Your Own Murder
by Kristen Perrin
A dual narrative, feel good mystery in which a woman, Frances, spends a lifetime trying to prevent her murder as predicted by a fortune teller at a country fair when she was just 17. When she is in fact murdered nearly 60 years later, her great niece...
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We’ll Prescribe You a Cat
by Syou Ishida
Tucked away in an old building at the end of a narrow alley in Kyoto, the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul can only be found by people who are struggling in their lives and genuinely need help. The mysterious clinic offers a unique treatment to those...
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Playground
by Richard Powers
Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world's first aqualungs. Ina Aroita grows up on naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home. Two polar opposites at an elite Chicago...
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