NEW GROUP- Everything Book Club, "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett

This is a second group to accommodate our unprecedented demand! Dont miss the Librarys Open Book / Open Mind program with Ann Patchett about her newest book, Whistler on Thursday, June 2, two days after publication! Tickets cost $35 and include a pre-signed copy of the book. Register at tinyurl.com/OBOMPatchett In our discussion, well talk about Patchetts conversation as well as Bel Canto, her beloved breakthrough bestseller about a group of international guests taken hostage by terrorists at a birthday party concert in South America, who unexpectedly find deep bonds, friendship, and even love over several months of captivity. If youve always meant to read it, nows your chance. If youve read it before, lets enjoy it again together! Bel Cantois its own universe. A marvel of a book. Washington Post Book World Ann Patchett is the #1 bestselling author of seven novels. She writes for the New York Times Magazine, Elle, GQ, the Financial Times, the Paris Review and Vogue. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she co-owns Parnassus Bookstore.