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A live, lively librarian-led book club discussion about a wide range of titles and genres. Register here for DAYTIME IN PERSON or on Thursday, October 25, for EVENING ZOOM! Registration required.
ABOUT THE BOOK CLUB
If you like everything bagels, you'll probably like The Everything Book Club. We read the best of fiction and non-fiction, literary novels, mysteries, historical fiction, memoirs and more.
We generally meet on the third week of the month at two convenient times and venues: Evening Zoom on Thursday at 7 p.m. and Daytime in Person at 1 p.m. in the Tower Room on the 2nd floor. Registration is required.
ABOUT THE BOOK
"The Familiar" by Leigh Bardugo. A New York Times bestseller. This lush historical fantasy features a hidden Jew who enters a magical contest in the shadow of the Spanish Inquisition. Haunting, lyrical and full of surprises.
"In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family's social position....As Luzia's notoriety grows, so does the danger that her Jewish blood will doom her to the Inquisition's wrath. She will have to use every bit of her wit and will to survive—even if that means enlisting the help of Guillén Santangel, an embittered immortal familiar whose own secrets could prove deadly for them both."—Flatiron/Macmillan
"Bardugo is perfectly at home in the 16th century. Her prose mirrors the Baroque setting, her sentences lush and embroidered with pearls...Reading Bardugo is an immersive, sensual experience...One can’t help sinking into Luzia and Santángel’s world and wishing never to leave."—The New York Times
GET THE BOOK
Click on the links to order the book in print or e-book or e-audiobook on Libby/OverDrive. You can also ask for a copy at the circulation desk in the Main Branch.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Leigh Bardugo is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of "Ninth House" and "Hellbent" for adults. She is also the creator of the YA Grishaverse (now a Netflix original series) which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, the King of Scars duology—and much more. She lives in Los Angeles and is an associate fellow of Pauli Murray College at Yale University.
