The Walking Book Club of Manchester Public Library at 586 Main Street will have its first meeting of the season on Thursday, April 6th, 2023.
The book club starts promptly at 2:00 p.m. in the Mary Cheney Library Lobby. Attendees will take a two-mile walk in the vicinity of the library, making stops for discussion. We will walk rain or shine, but in extreme weather, please call the library at 860-645-0821. On April 6th, we will discuss “Leave the World Behind” by Rumaan Alam.
No registration is required for this free program. Copies of the book will be available at both library buildings. For more information on this event, please call (860) 645-0821.
About the book, from http://www.goodreads.com:
Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home they’ve rented for the week. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Ruth and G. H. are an older black couple—it’s their house, and they’ve arrived in a panic. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city. But in this rural area—with the TV and internet now down and no cell phone service—it’s hard to know what to believe.
Should Amanda and Clay trust this couple—and vice versa? What happened back in New York? Is the vacation home, isolated from civilization, a truly safe place for their families? And are they safe from one another?
Suspenseful and provocative, Rumaan Alam’s third novel is keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class. Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshaped—and unexpected new ones are forged—in moments of crisis.