Genre Study – Relationship Fiction: Second Act

Lisle Library District 777 Front St, Lisle, IL, United States

Our 2024-2025 genre study provides an overview of relationship fiction by looking at key authors, tropes, and themes. The study will also explore crossover appeal with various genres. Relationship Fiction ...

Book Club Study: James

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James by Percival Everett When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides ...

Genre Study – Relationship Fiction: Frame & Setting

Deerfield Public Library 920 Waukegan Rd, Deerfield, IL, United States

Our 2024-2025 genre study provides an overview of relationship fiction by looking at key authors, tropes, and themes. The study will also explore crossover appeal with various genres. Assignment will ...

Book Club Study: The Serviceberry

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The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass explains how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity and community, based on the ...

Book Club Study: Black Cake

Itasca Community Library 500 W Irving Park Rd, Itasca, IL, United States

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a traditional Caribbean black cake, made from a family recipe with a ...