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In-person Arts & Culture

Book Clubs of EPL: The Dutch House

Wednesday, April 23, 2025
7:00pm to 8:00pm

Edmonton Public Library (Londonderry)

books book clubs

Free

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Organized by: Edmonton Public Library

April
23

Love reading? Love to talk about books you've read? Come join us for lively discussions on all types of fiction and non-fiction. We'll feature different titles and authors each month. Come and share your impressions, thoughts and interpretations of a book we have all read.

This month we will be reading The Dutch House by Ann Patchett.

At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. The story is told by Cyril's son Danny, as he and his older sister, the brilliantly acerbic and self-assured Maeve, are exiled from the house where they grew up by their stepmother. The two wealthy siblings are thrown back into the poverty their parents had escaped from and find that all they have to count on is one another. It is this unshakeable bond between them that both saves their lives and thwarts their futures.

Edmonton Public Library (Londonderry)

110 Londonderry Sq NW
Edmonton, AB, T5C 3C4