Friday, September 21, 2012

Blackbird House

VENTRESS LIBRARY CLASSIC  BOOK GROUP TO DISCUSS "BLACKBIRD HOUSE" BY ALICE HOFFMAN  ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2012  FROM 4:30-6

The Ventress Memorial Library in Marshfield  hosts an ongoing book discussion group that delves into classic literature to find fresh insights while considering modern-day perspectives.  The next session will meet on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 from 4:30-6:00 in the library's Historical Room. October's read is a current-classic novel "Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman. Book description: This small farm on the outer reaches of Cape Cod is a place that is as bewitching and alive as the characters we meet: Violet, a brilliant girl who is in love with books and with a man destined to betray her; Lysander Wynn, attacked by a halibut as big as a horse, certain that his life is ruined until a boarder wearing red boots arrives to change everything; Maya Cooper, who does not understand the true meaning of the love between her mother and father until it is nearly too late. From the time of the British occupation of Massachusetts to our own modern world, family after family’s lives are inexorably changed, not only by the people they love but by the lives they lead inside Blackbird House.

Sign up in advance to reserve a seat, or just come on the day to listen. Copies of the book are available through the OCLN library network. The program is free and open to the public. New members are always welcome. Light refreshments will be served. For more information please contact reference librarian Chris Woods at 781-834-5535 or visit www.ventresslibrary.org.