The March selection for our monthly book club is The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave. We'll be meeting March 18, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom, join us!   About the Book: After a storm has killed off all the island's men, two women in a 1600s Norwegian coastal  village struggle to survive against both natural forces and the men who have been sent to rid the community of alleged witchcraft. Finnmark, Norway, 1617. Twenty-year-old Maren Bergensdatter stands on the craggy c...

The April selection for our monthly book club is His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie, read with us! Meeting date to be determined. About the Book: “Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding.” Afi Tekple is a young seamstress whose life is narrowing rapidly. She lives in a small town in Ghana with her widowed mother, spending much of her time in her uncle Pious’s house with his many wives and children. Then one day she is offered a life-changing opportunity—a propos...

There will be no building services on the following day: Friday, May 31, 2021 | Memorial Day The administration office, building office, the garage and the cafeteria will be closed. Weekend security will be in force. Click Here to View the NEW 2021 Building Holiday Schedule PDF

The May selection for our monthly book club is The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami, read with us! Meeting date to be determined. About the Book: From the author of Strange Weather in Tokyo comes this funny, heartwarming story about love, life, and human relationships that features a delightfully offbeat cast of characters. Objects for sale at the Nakano Thrift Shop appear as commonplace as the staff and customers that handle them. But like those same customers and staff, t...

The June selection for our monthly book club is Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn, read with us! Meeting date to be determined. About the Book: Capturing the distinct rhythms of Jamaican life and dialect, Nicole Dennis-Benn pens a tender hymn to a world hidden among pristine beaches and the wide expanse of turquoise seas. At an opulent resort in Montego Bay, Margot hustles to send her younger sister, Thandi, to school. Taught as a girl to trade her sexuality for survival, Margo...

The July selection for our monthly book club is The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri, read with us! Meeting date to be determined. About the Book: The unforgettable love story of a mother blinded by loss and her husband who insists on their survival as they undertake the Syrian refugee trail to Europe. Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo--until the unthinkable happens. When al...

The August selection for our monthly book club is The Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim, read with us! Meeting date to be determined. About the Book: A sweeping debut novel, inspired by the life of the author’s mother, about a young woman who dares to fight for a brighter future in occupied Korea In early-twentieth-century Korea, Najin Han, the privileged daughter of a calligrapher, longs to choose her own destiny. Smart and headstrong, she is encouraged by her mother—but her ste...

The September selection for our monthly book club is The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu, read with us! Meeting date to be determined. About the Book: In this delicious and devastating first novel, which The Guardian named one of its ten best contemporary African books, Caine Prize finalist Tendai Huchu (The Maestro, the Magistrate, and the Mathematician) portrays the heart of contemporary Zimbabwean society with humor and grace. Vimbai is the best hairdresser in Mrs. Khumalo’s ...