October 2 at 7 p.m. — SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY THE AUTHOR
Newly widowed Helen Spencer has moved to be closer to her new granddaughter. A chance encounter with Cal Crosby recalls for her the disastrous night decades ago that split their friendship and wiped out any vestiges of young love, setting them on different courses. Faced with the prospect of rekindling their feelings for each other, Helen and Cal must overcome their own fears, self-doubt, and family complications or be without each other again.
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November 6 at 7 p.m.
When Charlie Barnes, age 68, learns that he’ll soon succumb to cancer, he takes to the telephone. He needs to let his semi-estranged family know, but he also uses the opportunity to settle a few scores with professional enemies. He ends up leaving a lot of messages. Then Charlie receives a call that suggests he jumped the gun on this fatal self-diagnosis. His tale is told by one of his children, sincerely but just how reliably?
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December 4 at 7 p.m.
It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man, faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silence of a town controlled by the church. A story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy that was shortlisted for 2022 Booker Prize.
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