The Palmer Branch welcomes Barbara J. Taylor!

The Palmer Branch is excited to host Scranton author Barbara J. Taylor at our next Palmer Adult Book Group meeting!

We'll discuss Ms. Taylor's 2014 debut book, Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night, and have a Q&A with the author! Ms. Taylor's second book, All Waiting is Long, is a 2016 release that picks up sixteen years after the end of her debut book.

Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night was called the Best Book of Summer 2014 by Publisher's Weekly and earned lots of praise from several book review magazines and blogs.

We hope you'll join us on Tuesday, June 27 at 6pm at the Palmer Branch to meet and talk with this amazing author! Contact the Palmer Branch (610-258-7492) for more information or if you're interested in attending. You can also RSVP on our Facebook Event page.

Palmer Evening Book Group: December 2014 **NO MEETING**

Unfortunately, this month we are not holding our monthly book group, as the fourth Tuesday falls on the week of Christmas. So hey, Happy Holidays!!! We will be having our annual book swap on January 26th, so we'll post a reminder when the date comes closer.

For the book swap, bring in a book that you enjoyed (all wrapped up like a present), so that you can share the amazing story with others.

Palmer Adult Evening Book Group -- October Discussion

Palmer Adult Evening Book Group

THE PABG meets on the 4th Tuesday of every month from 6:00pm to 7:30pm.  New members are always welcome!

October 28, 2014

THE LIGHT BETWEEN THE OCEANS
by M.L. Stedman

Join us as we discussion this New York Times bestseller, soon to be a major motion picture.

"An extraordinary and heart-rending book about good people, tragic decisions, and the beauty found in each of them."  - Marcus Zusak, author of The Book Thief.

After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby’s cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby. 

Tom, who keeps meticulous records and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel insists the baby is a “gift from God,” and against Tom’s judgment, they claim her as their own and name her Lucy. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their choice has devastated one of them.

Contact Stephanie S. at Palmer Branch for more information about our book group: stephanies@eastonpl.org :: 610/258*7492 

Books available for request from Easton, Bethlehem, and Allentown libraries for $0.50.