OWL Monthly Book Discussion Groups

Non-Fiction Book Group: Meets at 2 PM

Featured book: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

In this story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She tells of growing up as an Asian-American kid at her school; of struggling with her mother's expectations of her; of a painful adolescence. As an adult her Korean-ness began to feel more distant until her mother’s illness forced a reckoning with her identity. 

Fiction Book Group: Meets at 3:30 PM

Featured book: The Arsonists' City by Hala Alyan

One family’s tale becomes the story of a nation. A Syrian mother, a Lebanese father, and three American children: all have lived a life of migration. They’ve always had their ancestral home in Beirut as a constant touchstone, but a family patriarch decides to sell. That man’s decision brings the family to Beirut in a fight to save the house. Their own secrets ignite in a city smoldering with the legacy of war, refugees, religious tension, and political protest.

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