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Birchard Public Library's "Pick of the Litter" Book Discussion Group/Winter Selections While selecting only from the best of what other book groups are reading, BPL's Winter Series nonetheless encompasses a remarkable breadth of topic, time, and tone. From a hot beach in contemporary Nigeria to the coldest mountains in the 19th-century American West, and in voices sometimes rich in Southern civility and at other times raucously comic, the four books we've chosen give us a wonderful range of topics and feelings to discuss.
	March 11 /The Help by Kathryn Stockett Southern civility...used to describe, embody, and challenge the rank incivilities of racial relationships in 1962 Jackson, Miss. Young Skeeter's just returned from college when she begins to see life on her parents' cotton farm through new eyes, namely those of the community's Black maids. The aspiring writer sets out to tell their story while Stockett makes an equally daring attempt to allow the maids to speak and write for themselves. The emotional payoffs of this spirited tale have made it a popular book group choice, but beneath the satisfying feelgood surface, there's much to discuss.
April 8 /SPOONER by Pete Dexter Can a novel be raucously tragic? Comically horrible? Meaningfully absurd? Yep. Just witness (and share) the bizarre yet believable (they seem to be based on author Dexter's own life!) adventures of hapless writer Warren Spooner, relentless screwup success who gets into more scrapes than any coward has a right even to imagine. Maybe we'll make sense of all this...or perhaps we'll just share our favorite parts.
All meetings are held in the BPL Meeting Room from 7-8:15 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Books may be requested through the Library Catalog at any time or by contacting the Reference Department. ew Members and Walk-ins are ALWAYS WELCOME! Drop by and share your thoughts, or just listen! ll programs are free and open to the public. Please call 419-334-7101, ext. 216 for more information or registration. To view the past selections from 2002-2007, click here.