Booth Library Daytime Book Group Meeting

The daytime book group of C.H. Booth Library will be meeting next on Monday, June 18, from 1 to 2:30 pm to discuss Stern Men by Elizabeth Gilbert. The discussion will take place on the third floor in Special Collections.

Elizabeth Gilbert has written a funny warm first novel about a young woman determined to bring an end to an age-old fishing feud.

On two remote islands off the coast of Maine, the local lobstermen have fought savagely for generations over the fishing rights to the ocean waters between them. Young Ruth Thomas is born into the feud, the daughter of one of the greediest lobstermen in Maine. Eighteen years old, as smart as a whip, and irredeemably unromantic, Ruth returns home from boarding school determined to throw her education overboard and join the “stern men.”

As the feud escalates, she helps work the lobster boats, brushes up on her profanity, and eventually falls for Oweny Wishnell, a handsome young lobsterman. Stern Men captures a feisty American spirit through this unforgettable heroine who is destined for greatness in spite of herself.

Booth Library, at 25 Main Street in Newtown, can be contacted for further information by calling 426-4533.