Barbara's Book Club
Come join this relaxed group of book loving people!
Opened up to new members now! New members not
required to have read book.
Books are reserved at the Emporia Library front desk under the Barbara's Book Club name.
Be sure to ask for a six week loan!
We will meet at Applebee's in Emporia at 11am on Thursday, October 15th for a book discussion and lunch. We will be discussing "Theo of Golden" by Allen Ievi.
New members are Welcome!!!
One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden. No one knows where he has come from…or why…
His name is Theo. And he asks a lot more questions than he answers.
Theo visits the local coffeehouse, where ninety-two pencil portraits hang on the walls, portraits of the people of Golden done by a local artist. He begins purchasing them, one at a time, and putting them back in the hands of their “rightful owners.” With each exchange, a story is told, a friendship born, and a life altered.
A story of giving and receiving, of seeing and being seen, Theo of Golden is a beautifully crafted novel about the power of creative generosity, the importance of wonder to a purposeful life, and the invisible threads of kindness that bind us to one another.