The Maywood Library Book Club meets on the third Friday of the month.  This month, we'll be discussing

A Long Petal Of The Sea by Isabel Allende

Civil War Grips Spain! It's the late 1930s and General Franco and his Fascists have succeeded in overthrowing the government. Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards are forced to flee over the mountains to the French border. A pregnant young widow, Roser, is among them. She finds her life entwined with an army doctor named Victor Dalmau, brother to her late husband. In order to survive, they must enter into a marriage neither one of them desires.

  Together with two thousand refugees, Roser and Victor embark on the SS Winnipeg, a ship chartered by Pablo Neruda, to Chile, "the long petal of the sea and wine and snow." As unlikely partners, they embrace their exile as the rest of Europe erupts in world war. The two of them face trial after trial, but also find joy, awaiting the day when they might return home.

  Join us on Friday, July 19th, at 11:30AM to discuss this masterful work of historical fiction about hope, exile, and belonging. And perhaps discover, alongside Roser and Victor, that home might have been closer than they thought all along.