Come and join us as we chat about what we read, watched, and listened to in the last month. This is not your typical book club! Adults can join in on the banter about books, music, movies, TV, travel, life, and more. Books & Beyond meets the second Monday of the month at 6:30pm. The dates listed below will be held at Lower Macungie Library in the Multipurpose Room. All other dates will be held at an offsite location. Visit our website for the latest updated. Table of Contents January 8, 2024 March 11, 2024 May 13, 2024 July 8, 2024 September 9, 2024 November 4, 2024 January 8, 2024 Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems, Amanda Gorman’s remarkable new collection reveals an energizing and unforgettable voice in American poetry. Call Us What We Carry is Gorman at her finest. Including “The Hill We Climb,” the stirring poem read at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden, and bursting with musical language and exploring themes of identity, grief, and memory, this lyric of hope and healing captures an important moment in our country’s consciousness while being utterly timeless. March 11, 2024 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See In nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, “old same,” in an emotional match that will last a lifetime. The laotong, Snow Flower, introduces herself by sending Lily a silk fan on which she’s painted a poem in nu shu, a unique language that Chinese women created in order to communicate in secret, away from the influence of men. As the years pass, Lily and Snow Flower send messages on fans, compose stories on handkerchiefs, reaching out of isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments. Together, they endure the agony of foot-binding, and reflect upon their arranged marriages, shared loneliness, and the joys and tragedies of motherhood. The two find solace, developing a bond that keeps their spirits alive. But when a misunderstanding arises, their deep friendship suddenly threatens to tear apart. May 13, 2024 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith The beloved American classic about a young girl’s coming-of-age at the turn of the century, Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a poignant and moving tale filled with […]