Tuesday, August 11, or Wednesday, August 12, at\u00a0 9:00am Please call the library if you are interested in joining the book discussion group.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Still Alice<\/i>\u00a0is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman’s sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer’s disease, written by first-time author Lisa Genova, who holds a Ph. D in neuroscience from Harvard University.<\/p>\n Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what it’s like to literally lose your mind…[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n September Book Club Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n Monday, September 14, at 7pm, or, Please call the library if you are interested in joining the book discussion group.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Visiting Nantucket for the summer, three women seek peace and comfort as they cope with the challenges in their lives–from marriage, infidelity, and the mayhem of motherhood to scandal, tragedy, and illness.<\/b> [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content”][vc_column width=”1\/6″][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text] August Book Club Discussion Tuesday, August 11, or Wednesday, August 12, at\u00a0 9:00am Still Alice By Lisa Genova Please call the library if you are interested in joining the book discussion group. [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Still Alice\u00a0is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman’s sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer’s disease, written by … Continue reading Book Discussion<\/span>
\nStill Alice<\/em>
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\nTuesday, July 15, at 9am
\nBarefoot<\/em>
\nBy Elin Hilderbrand<\/p>\n<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
\nThree women–burdened with small children, unwieldy straw hats, and some obvious emotional issues–tumble onto the Nantucket airport tarmac one hot June day. Vicki is trying to sort through the news that she has a serious illness. Her sister, Brenda, has just left her job after being caught in an affair with a student. And their friend Melanie, after seven failed in vitro attempts, is pregnant at last–but only after learning that her husband is having an affair. They have come to escape, enjoy the sun, and relax in Nantucket’s calming air. But into the house, into their world, steps twenty-two-year-old Josh Flynn.
\nBarefoot\u00a0<\/i>weaves these four lives together in a story with enthralling sweep and scope–a novel that is as fun and memorable and bittersweet as that one perfect day of summer.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” gap=”35″][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n