The book chosen for this month is The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin. A. J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected it to be. He lives alone, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems,…

The book chosen for discussion is The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese. Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in…

The book chosen for this month is The Heaven and Earth Grocery Story by James McBride. In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got…

3 Day event where we serve a formal tea and sell baskets and local vendor items.

Reception

The book chosen for November is "Remarkably Bright Creatures" by Shelby Van Pelt. After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat…

Celebrate VIA's 115 year history with launch of the history book Off-site event