Book Club to discuss ‘New York’ Tuesday




Feather preening A brown pelican bathes in a kiddie pool at the Animal Rehabiliation Center on Friday, Feb. 25.

Feather preening A brown pelican bathes in a kiddie pool at the Animal Rehabiliation Center on Friday, Feb. 25.

Those who would like to discuss historical fiction may want to read a book about The Big Apple, “New York,” by Edward Rutherfurd.

The Ellis Memorial Library Book Club will discuss the book at a meeting on Tuesday, March 8. The group, open to the public, will gather at 6:30 p.m. in the library, 710 W. Ave. A.

Stop by the circulation desk at the library to check out a copy if you have not read it already.

A synopsis of the book from the publisher, Random House follows:

This historical fiction weaves a sweeping drama of New York, from the city’s founding to the present day. A celebration of America’s greatest city is told in a saga combining historical research and storytelling flair. Rutherfurd illuminates cultural, social and political upheavals through the lives of a diverse set of families.

By recounting the intertwining fates of characters rich and poor, black and white, native born and immigrant, he brings to life those events that shaped New York and America, including the Revolutionary War, the emergence of the city as a great trading and financial center, the excesses of the Gilded Age, the explosion of immigration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the trials of World War II, the near-demise of New York in the 1970s and its roaring rebirth in the ‘90s, and the attacks on the World Trade Center. Sprinkled throughout are cameo appearances by historical figures ranging from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln to Babe Ruth. A mix of romance, war, family drama and personal triumphs, “New York” captures the search for freedom and prosperity at the heart of our nation’s history.


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