Monday Night Bookclub meets the first Monday of the month on the third floor of the library! This month we are reading Matrix by Lauren Groff. Our meeting is November 6 at 6:30pm. 

A limited number of copies will be on hold at the Circulation desk ahead of time--or log into your account to place a hold--then join us for a friendly discussion. (If you don't finish the book, that's ok!)

Book Summary: Cast out of the royal court, 17-year-old Marie de France, born the last in a long line of women warriors, is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey where she vows to chart a bold new course for the women she now leads and protects.

PW Reviews: "Groff...fashions a boldly original narrative based on the life and legend of 12th-century poet Marie de France. After Marie is banished to a poverty-stricken British abbey by Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine at age 17 in 1158, she transforms from a reluctant prioress into an avid abbess. ... Transcendent prose and vividly described settings bring to life historic events... Groff has outdone herself with an accomplishment as radiant as Marie's visions."