LibGuides: Book Group: Titles 23-24

This is the third year of the Book Group, and the word is out! We have added many new lovers of books and reading, and our conversations have been enriched with different perspectives. This LibGuide provides some reviews and podcasts for each of our selections. Enjoy and of course, HAPPY READING!

DEMON COPPERHEAD

NYTimes: In Barbara Kingsolver’s New Novel, an Appalachian David Copperfield

POVERTY BY AMERICA

NY Times: In Matthew Desmond’s ‘Poverty, by America,’ the Culprit Is Us

WANDERING STARS

SMALL MERCIES

THE HEAVEN AND EARTH GROCERY

Pennhurst Timeline
Pennhurst was a real place and the Institution described in the book was based on it. "
Originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Institution for the Feeble Minded and Epileptic, Pennhurst was once seen as a model institution. It was a product of a self-proclaimed "progressive" era when the solution to dealing with disability was forced segregation and sterilization."

Having trouble keeping track of all the characters in the book? The Marmalade and Mustardseed website, created by a book lover has a helpful character list. Another cast of characters by chapter list can be found here.