West Acton Citizens' Library Book Discussion Group

Join your fellow community members at the West Acton Citizens' Library for a lively book discussion led by our Librarians. Limited copies of the book in multiple formats will be available at the West Acton branch. First come, first serve. All are welcome!

Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities are available upon request by emailing V0FDTCB8IGFjdG9ubWEgISBnb3Y=. Please note that the West Acton Citizens’ Library has limited accessibility. More accessible programs are offered at the Acton Memorial Library.

This months book is: The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig

"Can't cook but doesn't bite." So begins the newspaper ad offering the services of an "A-1 housekeeper, sound morals, exceptional disposition" that draws the hungry attention of widower Oliver Milliron in the fall of 1909. And so begins the unforgettable season that deposits the noncooking, nonbiting, ever-whistling Rose Llewellyn and her fond-of-knowledge brother, Morris Morgan, in Marias Coulee along with a stampede of homesteaders drawn by the promise of the Big Ditch-a gargantuan irrigation project intended to make the Montana prairie bloom. When the schoolmarm runs off with an itinerant preacher, Morris is pressed into service, setting the stage for the "several kinds of education"-none of them of the textbook variety-Morris and Rose will bring to Oliver, his three sons, and the rambunctious students in the region's one-room schoolhouse.

You may also like the following events from West Acton Citizens’ Library:

• This Monday, 23rd June, 11:00 pm, Virtual - "Dead End Road" with True Crime Author E.C. Hanson in Acton, Massachusetts
• This Wednesday, 25th June, 02:30 am, West Acton Citizens' Library Book Discussion Group in Acton
• Next Saturday, 5th July, 11:00 am, Embroidery Summer Series: Intro to Cross Stitch & Embroidery @ West Acton Citizens' Library in Acton