Royalton Hartland Book Club Discussing “The Age of Miracles”
Bestseller that portrays fictional future is the topic of August 25 meeting
Julia
is a quiet girl who listens carefully. She has a lot to process as the
earth’s rotations slow, the days and nights get longer, and the whole
world changes. And that doesn’t include her parents’ dissolving
marriage, the loss of old friends and a grandfather convinced that the
government is taking over.
This
fictional future and its challenges are captured in the book “The Age
of Miracles” by Karen Thompson Walker, which will be discussed at the
August 25 meeting of the Royalton Hartland Community Library Book Club.
The group will meet at 7 p.m. in the upstairs meeting room at the
library, 9 Vernon Street in Middleport.
The
story’s narrator, Julia, a ten-year-old from the suburbs, opens up in
Walker’s book to describe how she adjusts to the new normal through a
world changing event they call “the slowing”. The book, a New York
Times Bestseller, depicts how life goes on even in times of profound
uncertainty.
The
members of the Royalton Hartland Book Club meet monthly to discuss a
wide number of literary selections and a variety of opinions and new
members are always welcome.
Interested
readers are invited to attend this month’s meeting, or any of the
future meetings at the library, which are posted online at www.royhartcommunitylibrary.com.
Please call the library at 716-735-3281 with any questions or for more information.
