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SUMMARY:Book Discussion Group | The Storied Life of A.J.Fikry
DESCRIPTION:Join us in-person for the Friends of the Library book discussio
 n group on Monday the 22nd! January's selection is "The storied Life of A.
 J. Fikry" by Gabrielle Zevin. Copies of the book discussion selections are
  available to check out at the library\, beginning around the middle of th
 e month\, while supplies last.\nFace masks required. Please check our webs
 ite for current COVID-19 related policies. Attendance may be limited due t
 o current COVID-19 activity levels.\nFrom Amazon.com:\n“Marvelously opti
 mistic about the future of books and bookstores and the people who love bo
 th.”—The Washington Post\n\nA. J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he
  expected it to be. He lives alone\, his bookstore is experiencing the wor
 st sales in its history\, and now his prized possession\, a rare collectio
 n of Poe poems\, has been stolen. But when a mysterious package appears at
  the bookstore\, its unexpected arrival gives Fikry the chance to make his
  life over--and see everything anew.   \n\n“This novel has humor\, rom
 ance\, a touch of suspense\, but most of all love--love of books and booki
 sh people and\, really\, all of humanity in its imperfect glory.” —Eow
 yn Ivey\, author of The Snow Child\n\n“You won’t want it to end.” 
 —Family Circle\n\n“A natural for book groups.” —Richmond Times-Dis
 patch\n\n“A reader’s paradise of the first order.” —The Buffalo Ne
 ws\n\n“A fun\, page-turning delight.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune\n\n
 “Captures the joy of connecting people and books . . . Irresistible.” 
 —Booklist\n\n“A wonderful\, moving\, endearing story of redemption and
  transformation that will sing in your heart for a very\, very long time.
 ” —Garth Stein\, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain\n\n“Readers
  who delighted in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society\,  Th
 e Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry\, and Letters from Skye will be equall
 y  captivated by this novel.” —*Library Journal\, starred review
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