The Afternoon Book Group will be held online monthly as a Zoom event. Contact Sarah Letnes at scletnes@gmail.com to find out the book selection for each month, how to obtain the book from the Montgomery County Library's online site, and how to log onto the Zoom teleconference site for the group meeting to discuss the book.

The January book will be 5 Carat Soul by James McBride. McBride’s unrivaled storytelling skill and meticulous eye for character and detail. McBride explores the ways we learn from the world and the people around us. An antiques dealer discovers a legendary toy commissioned by Civil War General Robert E. Lee now sits in the home of a black minister in Queens. Five strangers find themselves thrown together and face unexpected judgment. An American president draws inspiration from a conversation he overhears   in a stable. And members of The Five-Carat Soul Bottom Bone Band recount stories from their own messy and hilarious lives.he writes with humor and insight about how we struggle to understand who we are in a world we don’t fully comprehend. The result is a surprising, perceptive, and evocative collection of stories that is also ving exploration of our human condition.

The group will meet on the second Thursday of each month from 3:00m to 4:30pm. Zoom contact information:

COMPUTER: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82563794596?pwd=QUU0aHVuQVhKVlVTa3ZrenR6ZVgyUT09

MEETING ID: 825 6379 4596

PASSCODE: 086398

PHONE: +13017158592