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PML Book Group
Every month the library hosts a book discussion where readers gather to talk about what they liked and disliked about our monthly read. The group meets on the first Thursday of every month at 11:00 AM.
JANUARY
GLORIOUS EXPLOITS
Thursday, January 8 at 11:00 am
An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history. Told in a contemporary Irish voice and as riotously funny as it is deeply moving, Glorious Exploits is an unforgettable ode to the power of art in a time of war, brotherhood in a time of enmity, and human will throughout the ages.
FEBRUARY
ALL THE BEAUTY IN THE WORLD
Thursday, February 5 at 11:00 am
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard. In the tradition of classic workplace memoirs like Lab Girl and Working Stiff, All The Beauty in the World is a surprising, inspiring portrait of a great museum, its hidden treasures, and the people who make it tick, by one of its most intimate observers.
A best book of the year from New York Public Library, NPR, the Financial Times, Book Riot, and the Sunday Times (London)
MARCH
DEACON KING KONG
Thursday, March 5 at 11:00 am
Bringing to these pages both his masterly storytelling skills and his abiding faith in humanity, James McBride has written a novel every bit as involving as The Good Lord Bird and as emotionally honest as The Color of Water. Told with insight and wit, Deacon King Kong demonstrates that love and faith live in all of us.
Winner of the Gotham Book Prize, One of Barack Obama's "Favorite Books of the Year", Oprah's Book Club pick, NY Times Readers Pick 100 Best Books of the the 21st century and a Washington Post Notable Novel.
APRIL
NIGHT WATCH
Thursday, April 2 at 11:00 am
12-year-old ConaLee and her traumatized, mute mother, Eliza, as they seek refuge in the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in post-Civil War West Virginia, exploring themes of identity, trauma, family, and resilience amidst the lingering chaos of war. The story weaves together intimate family drama with the broader societal impacts of the war, using real asylum records and photographs to create a poignant narrative of survival and healing.
2024 Pulitzer Prize winner
