Adult Programming
American Families in Fiction
The Book of Unknown Americans Cristina Henriquez Immigrants who find themselves in Delaware include the Riveras from Mexico and the Toro family from Panama and their Latino friends and neighbors.
Copies are available at the Reference Desk to check out.
The Big Apple: New York City in novels and history
Our most populous city, NYC is the nation's most densely populated with speakers of 800+ languages. No wonder novelists love to set their fiction there, and people who have lived there focus on their NYC chapter in their memoirs.
Does reading about the city appeal to you? Why? Is the heightened experience of visiting there communicated by the writers?
Bring along a brownbag lunch and a book on the theme. A selection is on display, or you may bring along another favorite to discuss.
American Families in Fiction
The Turner House Angela Flournoy -- Detroit in turbulent 2008 is the setting of an African American family’s story.
Copies are available at the Reference Desk to check out.
Coming-of-age Novels for adults
This type of novel, called bildungsroman, deals with a character's formative years and spiritual education. The years of youth often are painful to recall, but very satisfying to read about when the events happen to a fictional character.
What similarities or differences reminded you of your own youth? Did the characters' struggles seem real and true?
Bring along a brownbag lunch and a book on the theme. A selection is on display, or you may bring another favorite to discuss.
American Families in Fiction
The Maid’s Version by Daniel Woodrell A Depression-era tragedy in the Missouri Ozarks shapes a hard-working grandmother and the grandson sent to spend a summer with her.
Copies available at the Reference Desk for check out.
My Story: Autobiographical fiction
Novelists write what they know-- and often their imaginings are rooted in their own experience.
Why are these books novels and not memoirs? What kind of truth does fiction allow that straight autobiography does not?
Which do you prefer?
Bring along a brownbag lunch and a book on the theme. A selection is on display, or you may bring another favorite to discuss
The final class in our Online Self Defense Series. We will discuss a variety of secure operating systems for the ultimate in privacy and security.
They include:
The Tails operating system
Subgraph OS
Qubes
American Families in Fiction
They May Not Mean to, but They Do by Cathleen Schine A Jewish family in New York copes with their widowed mother, and she with her children and extended family.
Copies available at the Reference Desk to check out.
This class is the fourth in our ongoing Online Self Defense series.
Encryption is everywhere on the internet, but most people do not have even a basic understanding of what it is or how it works. Come learn about this vital technology including:
The basics of encryption and the terminology used in encryption
How HTTPS secures your internet connections
Singular Perspectives: Nonfiction & the Author’s Experience
A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley
Amazing journeys-- the 4-year-old transported 1,000 miles to Kolkata and then adopted in Australia becomes the searcher trying to find his way back 25 years later.
Copies to checkout are available at the Reference Desk.