Non-Fiction Book Group
The Non-Fiction Book Group meets on the second Thursday of every month at 3pm. The Non-Fiction Book Group started in September of 2016 and is always happy to accept new members!
Please call the library at 603-744-3352, email minotsleeperlibrary@gmail.com or check out website's homepage for next month's book!
December 8, 2022 3pm
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro
In the spring of 2016, through a genealogy website to which she had casually submitted her DNA for analysis, Dani Shapiro received the stunning news that her beloved deceased father was not her biological father. Over the course of a single day, her entire history—the life she had lived—crumbled beneath her.
Inheritance is a book about secrets. It is the story of a woman's urgent quest to unlock the story of her own identity, a story that had been scrupulously hidden from her for more than fifty years. It is a book about the extraordinary moment we live in, a moment in which science and technology have outpaced not only medical ethics but also the capacities of the human heart to contend with the consequences of what we discover.
Dani Shapiro’s memoir unfolds at a breakneck pace—part mystery, part real-time investigation, part rumination on the ineffable combination of memory, history, biology, and experience that makes us who we are. Inheritance is a devastating and haunting interrogation of the meaning of kinship and identity, written with stunning intensity and precision.
The Non-Fiction Book Group meets on the second Thursday of every month at 3pm. The Non-Fiction Book Group started in September of 2016 and is always happy to accept new members!
Please call the library at 603-744-3352, email minotsleeperlibrary@gmail.com or check out website's homepage for next month's book!
December 8, 2022 3pm
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro
In the spring of 2016, through a genealogy website to which she had casually submitted her DNA for analysis, Dani Shapiro received the stunning news that her beloved deceased father was not her biological father. Over the course of a single day, her entire history—the life she had lived—crumbled beneath her.
Inheritance is a book about secrets. It is the story of a woman's urgent quest to unlock the story of her own identity, a story that had been scrupulously hidden from her for more than fifty years. It is a book about the extraordinary moment we live in, a moment in which science and technology have outpaced not only medical ethics but also the capacities of the human heart to contend with the consequences of what we discover.
Dani Shapiro’s memoir unfolds at a breakneck pace—part mystery, part real-time investigation, part rumination on the ineffable combination of memory, history, biology, and experience that makes us who we are. Inheritance is a devastating and haunting interrogation of the meaning of kinship and identity, written with stunning intensity and precision.
Third Monday Book Group
The Third Monday Book Group meets on the third Monday of every month at 10am. Our library director, Jenna, leads the monthly discussions which is always open to all who wish to participate.
Please call the library or check out website's homepage for next month's book!
December 19, 2022 10am
Wishin’ and Hopin’ by Wally Lamb
Wally Lamb, the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hour I First Believed, I Know This Much Is True, and She’s Come Undone, delivers a holiday treat with Wishin’ and Hopin’—an unforgettable novella that captures the warmth and joy of the holiday season. Poignant and hilarious, in a vein similar to Jean Shepherd’s A Christmas Story and David Sedaris’s The Santaland Diaries, Lamb’s Christmas tale focuses on a feisty parochial school fifth grader named Felix Funicello—a distant cousin of the iconic Annette!
The Third Monday Book Group meets on the third Monday of every month at 10am. Our library director, Jenna, leads the monthly discussions which is always open to all who wish to participate.
Please call the library or check out website's homepage for next month's book!
December 19, 2022 10am
Wishin’ and Hopin’ by Wally Lamb
Wally Lamb, the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hour I First Believed, I Know This Much Is True, and She’s Come Undone, delivers a holiday treat with Wishin’ and Hopin’—an unforgettable novella that captures the warmth and joy of the holiday season. Poignant and hilarious, in a vein similar to Jean Shepherd’s A Christmas Story and David Sedaris’s The Santaland Diaries, Lamb’s Christmas tale focuses on a feisty parochial school fifth grader named Felix Funicello—a distant cousin of the iconic Annette!
Short Story Bulletin Board
Short stories serve a special purpose. Like a brisk walk on a fall day that heightens your senses, a short story can take the brief time within it’s lines to deliver something concise, clear, awakening and powerful. A novel is like entering a world as large as the world we live in. A short story is a window into a moment, an incident, a particular experience. This moment is typically experienced in great depth in comparison to the breadth of the novel. Curious? Recalling a short story that surprised you once? Help yourself to a copy of this month's selection and share your thoughts through our online form. Visit the bulletin on our webpage to read responses from other patron readers.
Copies of the short story can be picked up at the circulation desk or emailed to you as a PDF. Inquire at the library or minotsleeperlibrary@gmail.com or call us at (603) 744-3352.
Short stories serve a special purpose. Like a brisk walk on a fall day that heightens your senses, a short story can take the brief time within it’s lines to deliver something concise, clear, awakening and powerful. A novel is like entering a world as large as the world we live in. A short story is a window into a moment, an incident, a particular experience. This moment is typically experienced in great depth in comparison to the breadth of the novel. Curious? Recalling a short story that surprised you once? Help yourself to a copy of this month's selection and share your thoughts through our online form. Visit the bulletin on our webpage to read responses from other patron readers.
Copies of the short story can be picked up at the circulation desk or emailed to you as a PDF. Inquire at the library or minotsleeperlibrary@gmail.com or call us at (603) 744-3352.
The Minot-Sleeper Library Literary Circle
The Literary Circle is a reading group that is comprised solely of women who agree to attend most meetings, read the books in advance, are willing to participate in discussions, and lead the circle when necessary. They meet the second Tuesday of each month from 6:30pm-8:00pm from September to June. The only exception is when the library is closed or a holiday.
Please call the library for more information or visit our library homepage for next month's book!
Currently, there is a waiting list to join, but please contact Ann Howell at ahlovesread@metrocast.net for more information.
The Literary Circle is a reading group that is comprised solely of women who agree to attend most meetings, read the books in advance, are willing to participate in discussions, and lead the circle when necessary. They meet the second Tuesday of each month from 6:30pm-8:00pm from September to June. The only exception is when the library is closed or a holiday.
Please call the library for more information or visit our library homepage for next month's book!
Currently, there is a waiting list to join, but please contact Ann Howell at ahlovesread@metrocast.net for more information.
