Join us for a discussion of “The Girl Who Reads on the Metro,” a novel by Christine Feret-Fleury. We’ll meet in the Cape Cod Room. New members are welcome.
From Kirkus Reviews: “Can the gift of a perfect book transform a person's life? Juliette, a whimsical Parisian, leads a life far too dull for her magical spirit. She has an ordinary office job in real estate and dates men who are positively yawnworthy. Her love of literature and her active imagination, however, set her on a path to becoming a matchmaker between books and readers. Juliette lives in an almost-alternate reality where passengers on the Mtro are actually reading paper books rather than texting friends, swiping Tinder, or even reading e-books. She is intrigued by the man in the green hat who makes his way through an entomology textbook and the hopeless romantic who sobs at page 247 of every book she reads. One morning, Juliette instinctively exits the Mtro a few stops early on her commute to find herself at the quirky Books Unlimited, where she meets Soliman and his young daughter, Zaide. There, she is recruited as a book passeur; her mission is to follow strangers and observe their lives in order to give them the gift of the perfect book for that moment in their lives. Part charming stalker, part literary pharmacist, Juliette is more fulfilled as passeur than real estate agent and dives deeper into this secret realm of bibliophilic cupids. With a cast of characters reminiscent of the French film Amelie, Fret-Fleury creates a world that is delightful and enchanting. As she flits about this new universe, Juliette discovers that the life she may change the most is her own. This is the author's first book to appear in English, and it's been deftly translated to maintain the lyrical writing of the original French text.Light and sweet as a bonbon, this little confection of a book is delicious.
Snow Library’s First Tuesday Book Club meets at 3 p.m. on the first Tuesday of the month. Our monthly book selections alternate between fiction and non-fiction, with library director Tavi Prugno leading non-fiction discussions and assistant director Kaimi Lum leading fiction. Copies of upcoming titles are available by request at the front desk. New members are always welcome.
