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SUMMARY:International Book Group – The Return by Hisham Matar
DESCRIPTION:The International Book Group at West Falmouth Library is a volunteer-led group that meets on the first Wednesday of each month 3:45-5 p.m. Selections have either foreign settings or foreign authors, usually both. New members are always welcome! Annual registration is requested to receive important communications about schedule or location changes. Meetings are both in-person and on Zoom.\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n“[An] eloquent memoir . . . at once a suspenseful detective story about a writer investigating his father’s fate . . . and a son’s efforts to come to terms with his father’s ghost, who has haunted more than half his life by his absence.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times\n“A masterful memoir, a searing meditation on loss, exile, grief, guilt, belonging, and above all, family. It is, as well, a study of the shaping—and breaking—of the bonds between fathers and sons. . . . This is writing of the highest quality.”—The Sunday Times (U.K.)\n\nThe discussion schedule is as follows:\n\n\n\n9/3/2025\nOut of Darkness, Shining Light\nPetina Gappah\nAfrica\n\n\n10/1/2025\nMiss Benson’s Beetle\nRachel Joyce\nNew Caledonia\n\n\n11/5/2025\nThe Palace of Illusions\nChitra Banerjee Divakaruni\nIndia\n\n\n12/3/2025\nThe Sand Child\nTahar Ben Jelloun\nMorocco\n\n\n1/7/2026\nThe Green Road\nAnne Enright\nIreland\n\n\n2/4/2026\nMidaq Alley\nNajīb Maḥfūẓ\nCairo\n\n\n3/4/2026\nBirnam Wood\nEleanor Catton\nNew Zealand\n\n\n4/1/2026\nInfinite Country\nPatricia Engel\nColombia\n\n\n5/6/2026\nThe Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land In Between\nHisham Matar\nCairo\n\n\n6/3/2026\nHurricane Season\nFernanda Melchor\nMexico\n\n\n\n \n
URL:https://www.westfalmouthlibrary.org/events/ibg-may-2026/
ORGANIZER;CN=Becky Kanaley:MAILTO:becky@westfalmouthlibrary.org
CATEGORIES:Adults,Author Talks & Books
LOCATION:Lower Level Meeting Room
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