Betterment Through Books
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Wednesday, September 09
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Join us for a monthly book discussion group centered around self discovery and connection through themed book discussions.
Life is as much about who we are as about what we do. Books celebrate, enhance, and influence us to understand ourselves and the world around us.
Each book selected for this discussion group will explore a different complex theme of humanity from self discovery and personal relationships to grief and resilience. Each month participants will ask themselves, "What do I know to be true about...." and refer back to the selected fiction or nonfiction work to frame their discussion, and relate the themes to their own lives.
To participate in the book club, pick up your copy from the front desk of the Glendale, Central Library, or provide your own. Books will be due back at each book club meeting, which will take place the second Wednesday of each month from 1:30 PM -3:00 PM.
This month's Theme: What Do I know to be True About Friendship?
This month we will be exploring the theme of Friendship through the novel Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.
After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her
eighteenyear-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors--until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova. Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it's too late.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Book Club |
TAGS: | Central Library | BookClub | Book Talks | book club | Book Club | Adults |
Glendale Central Library
Established in 1906.
Library services in Glendale were first provided in 1906. The women of the Tuesday Afternoon Club, a social and philanthropic organization, raised money through a series of lectures to fund a library collection. The library opened in a renovated pool room at Third and E (Wilson and Everett) Streets with seventy books, soon supplemented by a State Traveling Library of fifty more, and served a population of 1,186.
In 1907, the City Trustees passed Ordinance 53 which established and supported a library which "...shall be forever free to the inhabitants and nonresident taxpayers of the City of Glendale..." The first year the library had 251 books, 165 registered patrons, and a budget of $248.88.
In 1913, a Carnegie grant of $12,500 made possible the construction of the main library at Kenwood and Fifth (Harvard Street). The building was completed and dedicated November 13, 1914.
