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Next Chapter Booktalking

So many books, so little time. Is your “Want to Read List” growing faster than you can read? Next Chapter Booktalking to the rescue.  Join us to be introduced to several selections that range from a humorous but touching tale of caregiving for aging parents to a treatise on a more positive view of our world and societal condition. It will be a fast-paced, fun-filled evening that will give you an overview of seven timely books. Some you will just be glad to know about in more detail, some you may decide to move to the top of your “Want to Read List!”

The Power of Meaning by Emily Esfahani Smith—Lead by Pat Durkin

It's Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear by Greg Easterbrook—Lead by Tom Brown

Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant: A Memoire by Roz Chast—Lead by Beth Burnett

Heartland by Sarah Smarsh—Lead by Carol Handley

Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer--and the Century-long Search to Discover Its Secrets by Jo Marchant—Lead by Greg Volkland

Plainsong by Kent Haruf—Lead by Cris Siebenlist

The Kansas Guidebook 2 for Explorers by Marci Penner and WenDee Rowe—Lead by Lynn Wild