B&N YA Monthly Book Club - What the River Knows

B&N Monthly Book Club - The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

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We're pleased to welcome back Luzerne County's oldest library (happy 150th anniversary!) for their holiday bookfair. Since 1873, the West Pittston Library has fostered an environment for growth, community, and connection. Take advantage of this opportunity to give back to a pillar of the Wyoming Valley, at no extra cost to you!

West Pittston Library Bookfair

We're pleased to welcome back the Plymouth Public Library for a holiday bookfair! Since 1938, the Plymouth Public Library has served the community's informational, recreational, and educational needs. Take advantage of this opportunity to support this incredibly important organization, at no extra cost to you!

Plymouth Public Library Bookfair

Join us to discuss our November Book Club pick: What The River Knows by Isabel Ibanez. 19-year-old Inez Olivera has always dreamed of traveling the world with her expedition-seeking parents, but that dream comes to a crashing halt once she receives word that her parents have tragically died. After hearing the devastating news, Inez inherits her parent's massive fortune and is placed under the guardianship of her uncle, Ricardo, an archaeologist who used to work with her parents. Desperate to find the answers to all of her questions, she sets sail to Cairo where old world magic leads her to uncovering unexpected truths involving her parent's disappearance. What The River Knows is a fascinating first installment in the thrilling Secrets of the Nile duology, perfect for fans of young adult historical romantasy!

What the River Knows (Barnes & Noble YA Book Club Edition)

<div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs" style="margin:0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;font-family:'Segoe UI Historic', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:#050505;font-size:15px;background-color:#ffffff;">Join us to discuss our Book of the Year 2023: The Heaven &amp; Earth Grocery Store by James McBride."A murder mystery locked inside a Great American Novel... Charming, smart, heart-blistering, and heart-healing." -&nbsp;The New York Times Book Review In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. As the characters' stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins of white, Christian America struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town's white establishment played in it, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community - heaven and earth - that sustain us.</div>

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (2023 B&N Book of the Year)

Join us as we discuss our November book club selection - Absolution. A gorgeous character study of women caught in the orbit of the Vietnam War, Absolution is an observant and profound exploration of an era overrun by men. With a dynamic cast of characters and relationships that ebb and flow, this is a refreshing and necessary perspective of a familiar time. A virtuosic new novel from Alice McDermott, one of our most observant, most affecting writers&mdash;about folly and grace, obligation, sacrifice, and, finally, the quest for absolution in a broken world.

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