Novel Ideas

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Join us for a lively discussion on the last Tuesday of the month at our new time, 2:15 PM. Pick up a copy of the current book at the Barney Library service desk. All are welcome, no registration required!

In June we will read 2 books and compare them.

Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family by Amy Ellis Nutt

The inspiring true story of a transgender girl, her identical twin brother, and an ordinary American family’s extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and celebrate the uniqueness in us all, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning science reporter for The Washington Post

This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel


This Is How It Always Is is a novel about revelations, transformations, fairy tales, and family. And it’s about the ways this is how it always is: Change is always hard and miraculous and hard again, parenting is always a leap into the unknown with crossed fingers and full hearts, children grow but not always according to plan. And families with secrets don’t get to keep them forever.