Noon Book Club - Anxious People

Copies of this month's book are available at the Hattiesburg Library Circulation Desk. New members are always welcome and snacks are provided!

For any questions, please email group leader Brittany Tibbett: YnJpdHRhbnkgfCBocGZjICEgbGliICEgbXMgISB1cw==

About the book:
An instant #1 New York Times bestseller, the new novel from the author of A Man Called Ove is a “quirky, big-hearted novel….Wry, wise, and often laugh-out-loud funny, it’s a wholly original story that delivers pure pleasure” (People).

Looking at real estate isn’t usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include a recently retired couple who relentlessly hunt down fixer-uppers to avoid the painful truth that they can’t fix their own marriage. There’s a wealthy bank director who has been too busy to care about anyone else and a young couple who are about to have their first child but can’t seem to agree on anything. Add to the mix an eighty-seven-year-old woman who has lived long enough not to be afraid of someone waving a gun in her face, a flustered but still-ready-to-make-a-deal real estate agent, and a mystery man who has locked himself in the apartment’s only bathroom, and you’ve got the worst group of hostages in the world.

Each of them carries a lifetime of grievances, hurts, secrets, and passions that are ready to boil over. None of them is entirely who they appear to be. And all of them—the bank robber included—desperately crave some sort of rescue. As the authorities and the media surround the premises, these reluctant allies will reveal surprising truths about themselves and set in motion a chain of events so unexpected that even they can hardly explain what happens next.

You may also like the following events from Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County:

• This Saturday, 17th May, 10:00 am, Get Ready with Girl Scouts! Kindergarten & 1st Grade Round-up at the Petal Branch Library! in Petal
• Next Monday, 19th May, 06:00 pm, Monday Night Book Club: The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden in Hattiesburg
• Next Tuesday, 20th May, 04:30 pm, Petal Book Club: James by Percival Everett in Petal

Also check out other Arts events in Hattiesburg, Literary Art events in Hattiesburg.