NOTE: Due to a scheduling conflict the second Saturday book club will actually happen on the THIRD Saturday in March. We'll be back to the second Saturday in April.
The Second Saturday Book Club for adults will focus on different genres throughout the year and meets on the second Saturday morning each month at the Goshen Library to the discuss the current book. March's genre will be Literary Fiction and our selection is State of Wonder by Ann Patchett. You can pick up a copy of the book at your preferred branch. Please add a note to your registration if you don't need a copy of the book. If you have any questions please email Brian at brianw@oldhampl.org. Coffee and snacks provided.
In a narrative replete with poison arrows, devouring snakes, scientific miracles, and spiritual transformations, "State of Wonder" presents a world of stunning surprise and danger, rich in emotional resonance and moral complexity.
As Dr. Marina Singh embarks upon an uncertain odyssey into the insect-infested Amazon, she will be forced to surrender herself to the lush but forbidding world that awaits within the jungle.
Charged with finding her former mentor Dr. Annick Swenson, a researcher who has disappeared while working on a valuable new drug, she will have to confront her own memories of tragedy and sacrifice as she journeys into the unforgiving heart of darkness.
Stirring and luminous, "State of Wonder" is a world unto itself, where unlikely beauty stands beside unimaginable loss beneath the rain forest's jeweled canopy.
