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Adult Evening Book Discussion

Horse by Geraldine Brooks

2024-09-19 19:00:00 2024-09-19 20:00:00 America/New_York Adult Evening Book Discussion Reed Memorial Library - Children's Room

Thursday, September 19
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-09-19 19:00:00 2024-09-19 20:00:00 America/New_York Adult Evening Book Discussion This adult book discussion group reads fiction and nonfiction books over the course of a month and then discusses those titles at monthly meetings. Reed Memorial Library - Children's Room

Reed Memorial Library

Children's Room

This adult book discussion group reads fiction and nonfiction books over the course of a month and then discusses those titles at monthly meetings.

Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. 
 
New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance.
 
Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse—one studying the stallion’s bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success.
 
Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.

Limited to 15 people.

Description courtesy of Amazon.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Discussion |

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Reed Memorial Library

Phone: (330)-296-2827
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Hours
Mon, Jul 07 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Jul 08 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Jul 09 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Jul 10 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Jul 11 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Jul 12 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jul 13 1:00PM to 5:00PM

Upcoming events

Mon, Jul 07, 9:00am - 9:00pm

Mon, Jul 07, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Room

Mon, Jul 07, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Haymaker Room

Mon, Jul 07, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Children's Room

Tue, Jul 08, All day
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Tue, Jul 08, All day
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Tue, Jul 08, 9:00am - 9:00pm
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Tue, Jul 08, 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Room

Tue, Jul 08, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Room

Tue, Jul 08, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Haymaker Room

Tue, Jul 08, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Room

Tue, Jul 08, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Carlin Room

Wed, Jul 09, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Room

Wed, Jul 09, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Haymaker Room

Wed, Jul 09, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Outdoor Pavilion

Wed, Jul 09, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Jenkins Room

Thu, Jul 10, 11:00am - 5:00pm
Haymaker/Jenkins Room

Thu, Jul 10, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Carlin Room

Thu, Jul 10, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Computer Lab

Thu, Jul 10, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Carlin Room

Fri, Jul 11, 10:30am - 1:30pm

Fri, Jul 11, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Haymaker Room

Sat, Jul 12, 9:15am - 11:30am
Jenkins Room

Sat, Jul 12, 10:00am - 11:00am
Outdoor Pavilion

Sat, Jul 12, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Street entrance

Sun, Jul 13, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Outdoor Pavilion

Mon, Jul 14, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Room

Mon, Jul 14, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Haymaker Room

Mon, Jul 14, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Haymaker Room

Mon, Jul 14, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Computer Lab

Tue, Jul 15, 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Room

Tue, Jul 15, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Room

Tue, Jul 15, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Haymaker Room

Tue, Jul 15, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Main Street entrance

Tue, Jul 15, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Children's Room

Wed, Jul 16, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Room

Wed, Jul 16, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Haymaker Room

Wed, Jul 16, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen Room

Wed, Jul 16, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Haymaker Room

Wed, Jul 16, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Jenkins Room

Thu, Jul 17, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Haymaker Room

Rescheduled
Thu, Jul 17, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
New date Thursday, July 17, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Thu, Jul 17, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Outdoor Pavilion

Thu, Jul 17, 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Haymaker Room

Thu, Jul 17, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Teen Room

Fri, Jul 18, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Haymaker Room

Sat, Jul 19, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Teen Room

Mon, Jul 21, 9:00am - 9:00pm

Mon, Jul 21, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Room

Mon, Jul 21, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Haymaker Room

Mon, Jul 21, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Children's Room

Mon, Jul 21, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Computer Lab

Tue, Jul 22, 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Room

Tue, Jul 22, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Room

Tue, Jul 22, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Haymaker Room

Tue, Jul 22, 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Haymaker Room

Wed, Jul 23, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Room

Wed, Jul 23, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Haymaker Room

Wed, Jul 23, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Children's Room

Thu, Jul 24, 9:00am - 7:30pm
Children's Room

Thu, Jul 24, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Haymaker Room

Thu, Jul 24, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Haymaker Room

Fri, Jul 25, 9:00am - 5:30pm
Children's Room

Fri, Jul 25, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Haymaker Room

Sat, Jul 26, 9:00am - 3:30pm
Children's Room

Mon, Jul 28, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Room

Mon, Jul 28, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Haymaker Room

Tue, Jul 29, 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Room

Tue, Jul 29, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Room

Tue, Jul 29, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Haymaker Room

Wed, Jul 30, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Room

Wed, Jul 30, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Haymaker Room

Wed, Jul 30, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Children's Room

Thu, Jul 31, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Haymaker Room

Thu, Jul 31, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Haymaker Room

Thu, Jul 31, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Teen Room

Fri, Aug 01, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Haymaker Room

Sat, Aug 02, 10:00am - 11:00am
Outdoor Pavilion

Sat, Aug 02, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Sat, Aug 02, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Street entrance

Mon, Aug 04, 9:00am - 9:00pm

Mon, Aug 04, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Carlin Room

Mon, Aug 04, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Computer Lab

Tue, Aug 05, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Carlin Room

Tue, Aug 05, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Carlin Room