Common Readers: "My Friends"

Common Readers will be reading “My Friends” by Fredrik Backman in February.

“Most people don’t even notice them—three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it’s just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an aspiring artist herself, knows otherwise, and she is determined to find out the story of these three enigmatic figures. Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant seaside town, a group of teenagers find refuge from their bruising home lives by spending long summer days on an abandoned pier, telling silly jokes, sharing secrets, and committing small acts of rebellion. These lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning, a reason to dream, a reason to love. Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that will unexpectedly be placed into eighteen-year-old Louisa’s care. She embarks on a surprise-filled cross-country journey to learn how the painting came to be and to decide what to do with it. The closer she gets to the painting’s birthplace, the more nervous she becomes about what she’ll find. Louisa is proof that happy endings don’t always take the form we expect in this stunning testament to the transformative, timeless power of friendship and art.”

The discussion will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 17 in the library’s large meeting room. Copies of the book are available upon request at the library’s front desk.

For more information about this or any other Upper Sandusky Community Library program, stop by the front desk or call the library at 419-294-1345.

You may also like the following events from Upper Sandusky Community Library:

• Next Tuesday, 17th February, 09:00 am, Accepting donations for Clothing Swap in Upper Sandusky
• Next Thursday, 19th February, 09:00 am, Clothing Swap in Upper Sandusky
• This month, 23rd February, 12:00 pm, Lunch Bunch: Red Food in Upper Sandusky

Also check out other Arts events in Upper Sandusky, Fine Arts events in Upper Sandusky, Meetups in Upper Sandusky.