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Book Discussion Group

Nonfiction fans can read the book, watch the movie, or both for discussion at our quarterly morning meetings. Sweet treats and bottled water will be served.

Nonfiction fans can read the book, watch the movie, or both for discussion at our quarterly morning meetings. Sweet treats and bottled water will be served.

The Glass Castle: A Memoir (book)
by Jeannette Walls

Jeannette Walls has written a stunning and life-affirming memoir about surviving a willfully impoverished, eccentric and severely misguided family. The child of an alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother discusses her family's nomadic upbringing, during which she and her siblings fended for themselves while their parents outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities.
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The Glass Castle (Movie)
(2017, PG-13, 127 minutes, Lions Gate Films)

Chronicling the adventures of an eccentric, resilient and tight-knit family. A remarkable story of unconditional love. A young woman who, influenced by the joyfully wild nature of her deeply dysfunctional father, found the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.
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Pick up your book at the Check Out Desk. Questions about Real to Reel? Call Nana at 847-259-6050 x133.

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