Michael W. Mello Program Room

Join us for a discussion of The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon.  Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community.

Join us for a discussion of The Life of Pi by Yann Martel.  After the sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a wounded zebra, an orangutan—and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. -Amazon.com

Join us for a discussion of Pack Up the Moon by Kristan Higgins. Being a widower is not something Joshua Park ever expected.

Please join us for a discussion of James: a novel by Percival Everett.  "From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn