Prose & Cons Book Group: The Lowering Days by Gregory Brown In-Person
Join us the fourth Wednesday of the month from 6-7pm for Prose & Cons, a book discussion group highlighting a diverse array of titles and genres, run by a different library staff member each month. No registration is needed, and attendees are welcome to pick and choose any meetings that interest them.
On Wednesday April 24th, Meg Gray, Head of Reference Services, will lead a discussion on The Lowering Days by Gregory Brown. "David Almerin Ames and his brothers, Link and Simon, believed the wild patch of Maine where they lived along the Penobscot River belonged to them. Their affinity for the natural world derives from their parents: Arnoux, a romantic artist and Vietnam War deserter who builds boats by hand, and Falon, an activist journalist who runs The Lowering Days, a community newspaper which gives equal voice to indigenous and white issues. Then a bankrupt paper mill, once the Penobscot Valley's largest employer, is burned to the ground on the eve of reopening. Falon receives a letter from a Penobscot Nation teenager confessing to the crime - an act of justice for a sacred river under centuries of assault from toxic waste. The divide within the community widens, ending in a cycle of violence." - Publisher
To place a hold on a copy click here. For questions or more information, contact the Reference Desk at (207) 922-6071.
- Date:
- Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Show more dates
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:00pm
- Location:
- Laurence E. Crofutt Community Room
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Books & Authors Featured