The Allenstown Book Club generally meets the last Thursday of the month at 2:00 pm. Refreshments are served. We read contemporary literary fiction. Titles are chosen by the members at the end of the meeting for the following month.
Thursday, February 26 at 2:00 pm
The Allenstown’s book club will be reading your choice of two literary fiction titles for Black History Month. “Harlem Rhapsody” by Victoria Christopher Murray, a story based on the life of Jesse Redmond Fauset, an African American female literary editor for the NAACP publication, The Crisisor “The House of Eve” by Sadeqa Johnson, a story of two women from different backgrounds, a young mother who wants to be the first in her family to attend college and a woman who has ambitions of marrying an elite Howard University grad. The library has extra copies of either title.
Enjoy reading good books? The Allentown Library is hosting a book club that meets the fourth Thursday of the month at 2:00 pm. Our first book is “The Frozen River” by Ariel Lawhon. A historical mystery novel based on the true story of Martha Ballard, an 18th-century midwife in Maine who investigates a murder. Come join the fun- light refreshments served.
