Bexley Public Library will open at 1:00 PM on Monday, April 20 due to a scheduled waterline relocation project.
Bexley Public Library will open at 1:00 PM on Monday, April 20 due to a scheduled waterline relocation project.
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“Hamnet” by Maggie O'Farrell is the March BPL Book Club selection. Join Debbie and Beth in the Quiet Reading Room for engaging and lively discussion of this mesmerizing, magnificent novel.
“Hamnet” by Maggie O'Farrell is the March BPL Book Club selection. Join Debbie and Beth in the Quiet Reading Room for engaging and lively discussion of this novel. Hamnet is mesmerizing, seductive, and impossible to put down.
England, 1580. Young, penniless William Shakespeare falls in love with Agnes, an extraordinary, eccentric young woman. The newly married couple settle on Henley Street in Stratford and Agnes becomes a loving mother and a positive force on her young husband. William’s career on the London stage is just taking off when Hamnet, their beloved young son, dies. A luminous portrait of a marriage, and of a family ravaged by grief and loss.
"Hamnet" won the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction and the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Books Reading and Storytelling |
TAGS: | reading | prize for fiction | O'Farrell | national book | maggie o'farrell | hamnet | fiction | book critics circle | book club | bexley public library | bexley library |
Bexley Public Library was founded in 1924 and first housed in Bexley High School, now Montrose Elementary School. The present building opened in 1929 and was designed by architects O.C. Miller and R.R. Reeves who drew upon French and Italian architecture from the 17th century for the design.
The library is located at 2411 East Main Street, at the intersection of East Main Street and Cassady Avenue. Parking is available in our parking lot on Euclaire Avenue and in front of the library on Main Street. Main Street is a No Parking Tow Zone from 4:00-6:00 p.m. weekdays.
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