Memory (Memoir + History) Book Club

Program Type:

Book Club, History

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

Memory Book Club

Curious? Always learning? Love hearing human stories? The Memory (Memoir + History) Book Club is for you!

Join us as we delve into the broad and weird world of nonfiction through selected memoirs and historical books. Every 3rd Wednesday from 6:30pm to 7:30pm, we will dive into a nonfiction book, from the reclusive mountains of Idaho in Tara Westover's Educated to the stunning life story of Viola Davis in her memoir Finding Me.

Event Details

In September, we learn about Thomas in The Puzzle People — the son of a newspaper publisher and a nurse, whose father wrote science fiction and was acquainted with Ray Bradbury, living in LeMars, Iowa. Starzl left the family business to enter medical school and become one of the most successful, famous, and controversial surgeons of the 20th century. In this heart-wrenching autobiography, Starzl accounts his own innovations but also the many ethical quandaries of the medical field he invented, much of it here in Pittsburgh at UPMC.

This event occurs after the library is closed so please park in the front lot and use the front doors—they will be locked but Cameron will be inside to let you in. There will be light refreshments available.

Copies are available for you at Cooper-Siegel's Front Desk! Unfortunately, the Allegheny County Library system does not have this title as an ebook.

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.