January Book Discussion – The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

St. Marys Community Public Library is featuring The Reading List by New York Times bestselling author Sara Nisha Adams in a discussion on Thursday, January 11^th, 2024. The discussion will be from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the library meeting room. Books are available at the library for checking out and reading prior to the discussion.

Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in the London Borough of Ealing after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries.

Aleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. It’s a list of novels that she’s never heard of before. Intrigued, and a little bored with her slow job at the checkout desk, she impulsively decides to read every book on the list, one after the other. As each story gives up its magic, the books transport Aleisha from the painful realities she’s facing at home.

When Mukesh arrives at the library, desperate to forge a connection with his bookworm granddaughter, Aleisha passes along the reading list… hoping that it will be a lifeline for him too. Slowly, the shared books create a connection between two lonely souls, as fiction helps them escape their grief and everyday troubles and find joy again.

Check out a copy of The Reading List at the library for reading prior to the discussion.