New Book Club Title Chosen and books available to place on hold! Details Below!

Geraldine Brooks - "Horse". What people are saying -
"Brooks' chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling." —The New York Times Book Review
"Horse isn't just an animal story—it's a moving narrative about race and art." —TIME
"A thrilling story about humanity in all its ugliness and beauty . . . the evocative voices create a story so powerful, reading it feels like watching a neck-and-neck horse race, galloping to its conclusion—you just can't look away." —Oprah Daily
Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

Synopsis: "Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance.

Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse—one studying the stallion's bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success.

Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.

Staff is so excited to share this title with you!! Details on Flyer.

Place your hold on this title now. We have multiple copies!

When: Tuesday, May 27th
Time: 6:30 PM
Where: Fletcher Memorial Library ~ Ludlow

The rear entrance will be open. See you then!