Afterthoughts Book Discussion Group

Explore great books, join a lively discussion, and meet others who enjoy reading too. New members are always welcome! Meets online at noon on the second Tuesday of every month. Library copies of the book are available at the Central Library's second-floor Circulation Desk. Click here to join the monthly Zoom meeting. 

For more information or to receive Afterthoughts email reminders and updates, please contact Lisa Lipshires at llipshires@springfieldlibrary.org or (413) 263-6828, ext. 202

This month's book selection:

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (2021) fiction.

It is 1985 in a small Irish town. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man, makes a discovery that forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church.