July Book Discussion – The Lincoln Highway

St. Marys Community Public Library is featuring The Lincoln Highway by New York Times bestselling author Amor Towles in a discussion on Thursday, July 13^th, 2023. The discussion will be from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm in the library meeting room. Books are available at the library for checking out and reading prior to the discussion.

In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett’s intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew.

But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm—the wily, charismatic Duchess and earnest, offbeat Woolly—have stowed away in the trunk of the warden’s car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett’s future, one that will take the four of them on a fateful journey in the opposite direction to the city of New York.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America.

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