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#BroaderBookshelf Book Group
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Each month, the #BroaderBookshelf book group tackles one of the prompts of the book challenge. This month, we will cover "Read a book with a character's name in the title".
Join us for a virtual book group discussion of this month’s title, A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. Click here to see the available formats.
Physical copies will be available for pick up at the Sandhills drive-thru. If you would like to pick up a copy at another location, please email mryan@richlandlibrary.com
A grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon, the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him the bitter neighbor from hell, but must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?
Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove's mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents' association to their very foundations.