Giving Tuesday and the perfect night for Summerville’s downtown Tree Lighting on the Square. We’ll be giving out plenty of free treats, and we’ll have special guest Marybeth Wishart here signing her wildly popular Parker the Purple Penguin, a perfect gift to give all the littles you know!
Speaking of giving, thank you ALL for supporting Dorchester Paws all week long! Thanks to you, we raised nearly $400 for our four-legged friends, and we’re going to up it to an even $500 and present them the check on Giving Tuesday. We hope our community support will inspire others to get on the fundraising bandwagon for Dorchester Paws as they strive to provide a new shelter for homeless animals, a spay-neuter center and more. If you want to contribute directly or learn more, CLICK HERE!
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Wednesday: Book Club! The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
This week, due to Tuesday’s tree lighting and festivities, the Living Large Bookclub will meet on Wednesday, November 29th.
We’ll be chatting about the newest hit by Alice Hoffman, The Invisible Hour. As always, book clubs are free and open to all, and the book is eligible for the 10% book club discount. Refreshments will be served, come join the fun!
From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Marriage of Opposites and the Practical Magic series comes an enchanting novel about love, heartbreak, self-discovery, and the enduring magic of books.
One brilliant June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive, the power of words saves her. The Scarlet Letter was written almost two hundred years earlier, but it seems to tell the story of Mia’s mother, Ivy, and their life inside the Community–an oppressive cult in western Massachusetts where contact with the outside world is forbidden, and books are considered evil. But how could this be? How could Nathaniel Hawthorne have so perfectly captured the pain and loss that Mia carries inside her?
Through a journey of heartbreak, love, and time, Mia must abandon the rules she was raised with. As she does, she realizes that reading can transport you to other worlds or bring them to you, and that readers and writers affect one another in mysterious ways. She learns that time is more fluid than she can imagine, and that love is stronger than any chains that bind you.
Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote: “A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.” This is the story of one woman’s dream. For a little while it came true…
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