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Literary Cocktails and Canapes fundraiser

Friends of the Blue Island Public Library: Literary Cocktails and Canapes

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Please join us for a literary evening where classic pages meet spirited pours. Come for the prose, stay for the potions, and share a drink inspired by your favorite line, author, or title. The evening’s events will kick off with Literary Cocktails by Steering Cocktails. During the event, your mixologist demonstrates each cocktail from start […]

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by David Szalay The flat protagonist hovers over the surface of his own life without any apparent thought, or even motive or feeling about consequences or effects he might have on others. The friends and family that surround him seem bemused at times by him, as he responds to his own life with helplessness. The […]

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Book cover for Wellness: A Novel by Nathan Hill. Bold, 3D yellow-and-black "WELLNESS" title dominates a teal background, with the author's name in matching style below. A large red inverted triangle centers a small photo of an embracing couple, alongside an "Oprah's Book Club 2023" badge and handwritten notes "a novel" and "Author of The Nix."

Wellness

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by Nathan Hill This title is essentially a love story, but also the story of modern marriage and the current obsession with health, pursuit of personal happiness, and how our beliefs shape experienced reality. Jack and Elizabeth meet as young college students involved in the early 90’s art scene (a lot of super relatable places […]

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Book cover of the novel The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright. The design features a solid teal background with the title in large bold black lowercase letters at the top, the author's name in similar styling at the bottom, and a stylized colorful wren (in gradients of purple, blue, and pink with textured detailing) perched on a curved branch in the center. Smaller text reads 'WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE' and 'A NOVEL'.

The Wren, The Wren

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by Anne Enright This title is beautifully written. A mother and granddaughter struggle to reconcile the gorgeous poetry and international renown of their father/grandfather with his abuse and abandonment of the family. Alternating chapters told from the perspective of the granddaughter and mother, sandwiching a chapter told from the poet from his boyhood. The book […]

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