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Book Discussion in April

March 16, 2018

JACKSON – The Jackson Branch of the Ocean County Library will host two book discussions in April.

Participants will discuss “Sound of Gravel” by Ruth Wariner at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Apr. 3. “Sound of Gravel” is a Wariner’s memoir as the 39th of 42 siblings who grew up in a polygamist family on a farm in rural Mexico. The memoir documents the violence of the community and her family’s loyalty in the face of it.

Participants will discuss “Lab Girl” by Hope Jahren at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Apr. 10. “Lab Girl” is the memoir of geochemist, geobiologist, and professor Hope Jahren.

Copies of these books are available at the Circulation Desk.

Registration is not required for these events.

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