About The Program
The libraries of Hamilton County have joined together to bring you a countywide reading program in which participants will read the same book, attend programs based on the book's theme, and hopefully learn something new.
Featured Book: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
By Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Celebrating literature, love, and the power of the human spirit, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is the story of an English author living in the shadow of World War II and embarking on a writing project that will dramatically change her life. Unfolding in a series of letters, this enchanting novel introduces readers to the indomitable Juliet Ashton. She begins a correspondence, responding to a man who found her name on the flyleaf of a cherished secondhand book. He tells her that his name is Dawsey Adams, a native resident of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands recently liberated from Nazi occupation. Soon Juliet is drawn into Dawsey's remarkable circle of friends, courageous men and women who formed the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society as a cover to protect them from the Germans. With their appetite for good books, and their determination to honor the island's haunting recent history, this is a community that opens Juliet's heart and mind in ways she could never have imagined. (description from Random House)
For Children
Blueberries for the Queen written by John & Katherine Paterson; illustrated by Susan Jeffers
Programs
A wide variety of programs will be held across Hamilton County. Please check the program calendar for more information.
Author Information
Mary Ann Shaffer spent her life working as an editor and in libraries and bookstores. Indeed, Shaffer lived a literary life, yet her first book was not published until shortly after her death in 2008. More...