GPW Book Discussion: “Lonesome Dove,” by Larry McMurtry
Missed Part 1 of our discussion of Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Lonesome Dove? No problem, you have the whole summer to read Parts 1 and 2! Join us on Monday, September 8, when we’ll discuss Part 2 of this great American novel. We’ll meet at 7 pm in the Program Room, Radcliffe Building, Perrot Memorial Library. Doris Mady of Greenwich Pen Women (GPW) will discuss the book with GPW President Adrienne Reedy.
A love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Lonesome Dove, the third book in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy, is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness of America.
Journey to the dusty little Texas town of Lonesome Dove and meet an unforgettable assortment of heroes and outlaws, whores and ladies, Native Americans, and settlers. Richly authentic, beautifully written, always dramatic, Lonesome Dove is a book to make us laugh, weep, dream, and remember.
Registration is required. Please register for Parts 2 and 3. To register, click here.
You may reserve a copy of the book through our catalog or purchase a copy from Athena Books. We also have several extra copies that we’ve ordered from outside the Greenwich system.
For more information, contact Judy Sgammato at 203-637-1066 x15 or judys@perrotlibrary.org.
Perrot P.I.s: “The Ice Princess,” by Camilla Lackberg
The September meeting of Perrot P.I.s, our drop-in mystery discussion group, will take place on Thursday, September 11th, at 7 pm in the Program Room, Radcliffe Building, Perrot Memorial Library. We’ll discuss The Ice Princess, by Camilla Lackberg. All are invited to attend.
After she returns to her hometown to learn that her friend, Alex, was found in an ice-cold bath with her wrists slashed, biographer Erica Falck researches her friend’s past in hopes of writing a book and joins forces with Detective Patrik Hedstrom, who has his own suspicions about the case.
To reserve a copy of the book, visit our catalog.
For more information, contact Judy Sgammato at 203-637-1066 x15 or judys@perrotlibrary.org.
Book Discussion with Author Marsha Temlock
Author Marsha Temlock will be here on Monday, September 15, at 7 pm, to discuss her latest book, Tuesday’s Mah Jongg Is More Than a Game. The discussion and book signing will take place in our Program Room, Radcliffe Building, Perrot Memorial Library.
In the ancient Chinese game of mah jongg, each player must make the most of the tiles they’ve been given. It’s the same in the game of life. When Roseann is called away to a family emergency, her mah jongg pals bring in a new player, Grace. Roseann returns with her grandson, committed to raising a child again–this time as a widow with serious health issues. Marlene, a dutiful but repressed wife, is dealing with a dying mother and fractious father; Susan, a twice-divorced new grandmother, struggles with the realities of aging and fading beauty amid the modern dating scene; Barbara, a successful businesswoman, is married to a manipulative philanderer; and Grace, a social worker, becomes the voice of reason–until her loyalties are tested. Will these friends, with ties both old and new, strengthen their bonds as they support each other through life’s challenges? Or will the group fracture, leaving them scattered like mah jongg tiles from an overturned table?
Marsha Temlock is the author of Your Child’s Divorce: What to Expect . . . What You Can Do and the YA novel, The Exile. She has appeared on the Today Show and was featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Miami Herald, and other major publications, and interviewed on dozens of radio talk shows. She holds a Master of Arts in English from NYU and a Master of Arts in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University. She taught literature and writing at Fairfield University, Sacred Heart University, and Norwalk Community College. Her interests include theater, literature, travel, and (of course) mah jongg.
Registration is required for this program. To register, click here.
Reserve a copy of the book through our catalog, or order a copy from Athena Books.
For more information, contact Judy Sgammato at 203-637-1066 x15 or judys@perrotlibrary.org.
