Book Discussions

Perrot’s mystery book group, Perrot P.I.s, will meet on Monday, June 29, at 7 pm, in our Program Room, Radcliffe Building, to discuss Daughter of Time, by Josephine Tey. This is a drop-in program. Registration is not required; all are welcome.

Come and participate in the launch of an ambitious and inspiring vision to reimagine the library’s grounds as an all-native landscape that supports pollinators and the larger natural environment of Old Greenwich.

The evening begins at 6 pm with wine and cheese outdoors at the library entrance, followed at 7 pm by a featured conversation with Wendy Lindquist, principal landscape designer at LaurelRock Landscape Architects, whose work is guiding this transformation, and Elise Howard, author “Plant This, Not That.” 

Join us on Wednesday, June 17th, at 7 pm, for a book discussion with Author Susannah Marren, Program Room, Radcliffe Building, Perrot Memorial Library. Ms. Marren will be interviewed by Cathy Horn, co-chair, Greenwich Pen Women Letters Division, and will discuss her latest book, Palm Beach Confidential.

Decades after Lucinda Barrows comes to Palm Beach, she has everything she set out to claim: a seat at every elite table and three stunning daughters raised in the shelter of privilege. Yet beneath the family’s renown, Lucinda’s life is in turmoil. When a stranger comes to town to shatter her carefully constructed legacy, discretion is offered—at a steep price. As Lucinda’s daughters uncover what has the means to destroy the Barrows family, they become the mirror for the far-reaching consequences of a devious plan. Suddenly they are forced to choose between their mother and the truth. Who will prevail … and who will fall from grace?

Join our mystery book group discussion of Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man), by Jesse Q. Sutanto, on Monday, April 27, at 7 pm, in our Program Room, Radcliffe Building, Perrot Memorial Library.

We are pleased to welcome Eileen Flood O’Connor, author of “Eating Pizza Backwards, and Other Adventures,” on Sunday, April 26, at 3 pm. Ms. Flood O’Connor will be interviewed by Ms. Afton Fraser. The discussion will take place in our Program Room, Radcliffe Children’s Library, Perrot Memorial Library.

Perrot Memorial Library and the Greenwich Conservation Commission invite you to a two-part book discussion of “The Ministry for the Future,” by Kim Stanley Robinson, led by Author and Greenwich Pen Woman Heidi Matonis. Part one of the discussion took place on Monday, March 2, at 7 pm. Part two will take place on Monday, April 20, at 7 pm, in the Program Room, Youth services Department, Radcliffe Building, Perrot Memorial Library. Open to all with an interest in our struggling environment. Attendance at Part One and registration are not required. Hope you can join us.

Author Anne Semmes will discuss her latest book, Extraordinary Lives of Greenwich — Profiles over Decades, on Wednesday, April 15, at 6 pm, in our Program Room, Radcliffe Building, Perrot Memorial Library. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing.

Join us on Wednesday, March 25, at 7 pm in the Program Room, Radcliffe Building, for a visit with Author Victoria Redel. Ms. Redel’s book, “I Am You,” is available for reserve in our catalog or for purchase from Athena Books. Christine Barker, author and local Greenwich resident, will interview Ms. Redel.

We are thrilled to welcome Author Melissa Sevigny via Zoom on Wednesday, March 4, at 7 pm, for a discussion of her book, Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon. This program is being held in celebration of Women’s History Month.

Perrot Memorial Library and the Greenwich Conservation Commission invite you to a two-part book discussion of “The Ministry for the Future,” by Kim Stanley Robinson, led by Author and Greenwich Pen Woman Heidi Matonis. Part one of the discussion will take place on Monday, March 2, at 7 pm in the Program Room, Youth Services Department, Radcliffe Children’s Library, Perrot Memorial Library. Part two will take place on Monday, April 20, at 7 pm, also in the Program Room. This two-part discussion is sponsored by the Perrot Library’s Environmental Book Group.

If you’re a fan of Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “Lonesome Dove,” join us on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, at 7 pm in the Program Room, Radcliffe Building, as we share our thoughts about this great book! Even if you read it many years ago, please join us. We want to hear from you!