November book club

[Lisa Cohn]

Book Club Reads Beale in November

 

 

Bloomfield, NJ, October 7, 2014

 

For Immediate Release

 

            The next meeting of the Bloomfield Public Library Book Club will be on Monday, November 3rd from 6:45 until 7:45 PM in the Quiet Study Room.  The topic of discussion will be  I Am Not Esther  by Fleur Beale.

 

New Zealand teen Kirby is shocked when her mother leaves her with an unknown aunt and uncle while she works in Africa.  The fourteen-year-old girl  is even more surprised to learn that her new family belongs to a fundamentalist cult.  They rename her “Esther,” forbid television or any books besides the Bible, and assume she will want an early marriage to a believer.

 

Fleur Beale’s novel was written for young adults but the issues of faith, family, and identity are ageless.

 

          For further information or to request help in locating a copy of the book club selection, please call the Reference Desk at 973-566-6200, extensions 219 or 220.  Admission is free and all are welcome to attend

 

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Lisa Cohn, Librarian
WebMaster, Programming, Special Collections, Reference
Bloomfield Public Library
90 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
(973) 566-6200 x213, lc...@bplnj.org,
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