Olive Free Library
Book Groups
April 20: The Canary Girls By Jennifer Chiaverini
May 18: Finding Me: A Memoir By Viola Davis
June 15: The Postcard, by Anne Berest
July 20: Lady Tan’s Circle of Women By Linda See
August 17: The Women by Kristen Hannah
September 21: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
October 19: The Library book by Susan Orlean
November 16: Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
December 21: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
April 20 at 4 p.m.
The Canary Girls By Jennifer Chiaverini
Early in the Great War, men left Britain’s factories in droves to enlist. Struggling to keep up production, arsenals hired women to build the weapons the military urgently needed. “Be the Girl Behind the Man Behind the Gun,” the recruitment posters beckoned.
Thousands of women–cooks, maids, shopgirls, and housewives–answered their nation’s call. These “munitionettes” worked grueling shifts often seven days a week, handling TNT and other explosives with little protective gear.
Among them is nineteen-year-old former housemaid April Tipton. Impressed by her friend Marjorie’s descriptions of higher wages, plentiful meals, and comfortable lodgings, she takes a job at Thornshire Arsenal near London, filling shells in the Danger Building–difficult, dangerous, and absolutely essential work.
You can request a book, or ebook from the Mid-Hudson library system. Please call the library with any questions, 845-657-2482.
May 18 at 4 p.m.
Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis
In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-changing decision to stop running forever.
You can request a book, audiobook or e-book from the Midhudson library System. Please call the library with any questions, 845-657-2482.
International Mystery
Book Club
In person, the 3rd Monday of each month at 2 p.m.
Masks are REQUIRED for this club.
2024 Book Club Selections
April 15: The Dying Detective – Leif Persson – Modern Day Sweden
May 20: Murder in Chianti – Camilla Trinchieri – Modern Day Italy & The Veiled One – Ruth Rendell – 1970’s England
June 17: Slow Horses – Mick Herron – Modern Day England
July 15: The Blackhouse – Peter May – Modern Day Scotland & The Black Tower – P.D. James – 1970’s England
August 19: Midnight at Malabar House – Vaseem Khan – 1950s Bombay
September 16: A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul – Shamini Flint – Singapore & Maigret Bides His Time – Simenon Georges – 1950’s Paris
October 21: The Man Who Died – Antti Tuomainen – Finland
November 18: Malice – Keigo Higashino – Modern Day Japan
December 16: Mrs. Jeffries and the Mistletoe Mix-Up – Emily Brightwell – Victorian England
April 15 at 2 p.m.
The Dying Detective – Leif Persson – Modern Day Sweden
LARS MARTIN JOHANSSON is a living legend. Cunning and perceptive, always one step ahead, he was known in the National Criminal Police as “the man who could see around corners.” But now Johansson is retired, living in the country, his police days behind him. Or so he thinks. After suffering a stroke, Johansson finds himself in the hospital. Tests show heart problems as well. And the only thing that can save him from despair is his doctor’s mention of an unsolved murder case from years before. The victim: an innocent nine-year-old girl. Johansson is determined to solve the case, no matter his condition. With the help of his assistant, Matilda, an amateur detective, and Max, an orphan with a personal stake in the case, he launches an informal investigation from his hospital bed.
You can request a regular or large print book from the Mid-Hudson library system. Please call the library with any questions, 845-657-2482.
May 20 at 2 p.m.
The Veiled One – Ruth Rendell – 1970’s England
Who would garrote a middle-aged housewife and leave her body in the parking garage of a suburban shopping mall? Chief Inspector Wexford is no sooner on the case than a car bomb’s explosion lands him in the hospital. It’s now up to Mike Burden to step in and solve the case. He’s got a suspect . . . but will he be able to make him talk?
You can request a regular or large print book from the Mid-Hudson library system. Please call the library with any questions, 845-657-2482.
May 20 at 2 p.m.
Murder in Chianti – Camilla Trinchieri – Modern Day Italy
Mourning the loss of his wife, Rita, former NYPD homicide detective Nico Doyle moves to her hometown of Gravigna in the winesoaked region of Chianti. Half Italian and half Irish, Nico finds himself able to get by in the region with the help of Rita’s relatives, but he still feels alone and out of place. He isn’t sure if it’s peace he’s seeking, but it isn’t what he finds. Early one morning, he hears a gunshot and a dog’s cries near his new home and walks out to discover a dead body in the woods, flashily dressed in gold tennis shoes. When the police arrive, Nico hastily adopts the fluffy white dog as his own and wants nothing more to do with the murder.
You can request a regular or large print book from the Mid-Hudson library system. Please call the library with any questions, 845-657-2482.
In person on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m.
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