Our library book discussion group continues in January. New readers are welcome to join us anytime. This month we will be reading The Lemon Tree by Sandra Tolan.

"To see in human scale the tragic collision of the Israeli and Palestinian peoples, Tolan focuses on one small stone house in Ramla--once an Arab community but now Jewish. Built in 1936 by an Arab family but acquired by a Jewish family after the Israelis captured the city in 1948, this simple stone house has anchored for decades the hopes of both its displaced former owners and its new Jewish occupants. With remarkable sensitivity to both families' grievances, Tolan chronicles the unlikely chain of events that in 1967 brought a long-dispossessed Palestinian son to the threshold of his former home, where he unexpectedly finds himself being welcomed by the daughter of Bulgarian Jewish immigrants." starred review, Booklist

Copies of the book are available now at the Lawrence Memorial Library. Call 453-2366 for more information.

Nov 20, 2024, 6 PM

Nov 21, 2024, 6 to 8 PM

Nov 25 to 26, 2024