Thursday Evening Book Group

Readers Services Assistant Tracy Gossage will lead a book discussion on When She Woke by Hillary Jordan in the Rotary Heritage Room on the third floor.
Books are available one month prior at the Readers Services Desk on the third floor.
In the near future, the United States decides to punish criminals by altering their skin color to represent the nature of the crime they have committed.

Hannah is colored red to represent murder.
She must attempt to navigate life in a society that condemns her upon sight, and pressures her to conform to puritanical values she once believed in.

Jordan’s dystopian take on The Scarlet Letter deftly explores contemporary social issues.

Registration required at dppl.org