Adult Book Club (Practical Magic)

Love to read? Looking for a social outlet for readers? Interested in discovering books?

A Book Club for adults is now meeting* at the Plainfield Public Library! Come join us to discuss the book of the month, Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman. (Review from the New York Times.)

Blurb for the book from Amazon:

"The Owens sisters confront the challenges of life and love in this bewitching novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Rules of Magic, Magic Lessons, and The Book of Magic.

For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have endured that fate as well: as children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers of witchery, with their musty house and their exotic concoctions and their crowd of black cats. But all Gillian and Sally wanted was to escape. One will do so by marrying, the other by running away. But the bonds they share will bring them back—almost as if by magic..."

The Book Club will select books from those suggested by the members. Currently scheduled books:

• November 29: James McBride, Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
• December 27, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle

*Notes from the first meeting and a tentative list of suggested authors and titles are attached to this post