Professional book discussion leader Susan Boyar discusses Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin this month. From the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry comes a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our […]
Professional book discussion leader Susan Boyar discusses Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver this month. Demon Copperhead is the story of the son of an Appalachian teenager who uses his good looks, wit and instincts to survive foster care, child labor, addiction, disastrous loves and crushing losses. It was inspired by David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens. […]
Professional book discussion leader Susan Boyar discusses Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton this month at Wilton Library. A gripping psychological thriller from the Booker Prize–winning author of The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton's Birnam Wood is Shakespearean in its drama, Austenian in its wit, and, like both influences, fascinated by what makes us who we are. A […]
Professional book discussion leader Susan Boyar discusses Booker Prize Winner Last Orders by Graham Swift this month at Wilton Library. Four men gather in a London pub. They have taken it upon themselves to carry out the last orders of Jack Dodds, master butcher, and deliver his ashes to the sea. As they drive towards […]
Professional book discussion leader Susan Boyar discusses Hell of a Book by Jason Mott on Zoom this month. A work of fiction that goes to the heart of racism, police violence, and the hidden costs exacted upon Black Americans, and America as a whole. Mott’s poetic, cinematic novel tackles what it means to live in […]
Professional book discussion leader Susan Boyar discusses Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy this month on Zoom. Hailed as a classic of speculative fiction, Piercy’s landmark novel […]
Professional book discussion leader Susan Boyar discusses the Wilton Reads selection The Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez this month at Wilton Library. The Great Divide is a fascinating historical novel about one of the greatest engineering feats in history, the Panama Canal. It explores the interwoven stories of laborers, locals, activists, doctors, scientists. It sheds […]
Professional book discussion leader Susan Boyar discusses the Wilton Reads selection The Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez this month at Wilton Library. The Great Divide is a fascinating historical novel about one of the greatest engineering feats in history, the Panama Canal. It explores the interwoven stories of laborers, locals, activists, doctors, scientists. It sheds […]
Professional book discussion leader Susan Boyar discusses Trespasses by Louise Kennedy this month on Zoom. Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, Trespasses is a shattering debut novel about a young woman caught between allegiance to community and unsanctioned love. “Trespasses may be a novel built along conventional lines, but it thrums throughout with the […]
Professional book discussion leader Susan Boyar discusses North Woods by Daniel Mason this month at Wilton Library. Exploring the many ways people are connected to the environment and to one another across time, language and space, this sweeping collection of stories about a single house in the woods of New England is told through the […]
