Brown Bag Book Club

Brown Bag Book Discussion Group

Meets the fourth Tuesday of the month at Noon at the Clubhouse Library

Books are available at the library's circulation desk. 


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The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

Tuesday, February 28 at Noon  

Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in Wembley, in West London after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries.


Aleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. It's a list of novels that she's never heard of before. Intrigued, and a little bored with her slow job at the checkout desk, she impulsively decides to read every book on the list, one after the other. As each story gives up its magic, the books transport Aleisha from the painful realities she's facing at home.


When Mukesh arrives at the library, desperate to forge a connection with his bookworm granddaughter, Aleisha passes along the reading list...hoping that it will be a lifeline for him too. Slowly, the shared books create a connection between two lonely souls, as fiction helps them escape their grief and everyday troubles and find joy again. 

Room Reservation: 
Tuesday, January 24
Program Time: 
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Event Category: 
Name of Organization: 
Jamestown Philomenian Library
Contact Name: 
Lisa Sheley
Contact Phone Number: 
4014237283
Contact Email: 
jamlibdirector@gmail.com