Book cover for the novel Out of Darkness, Shining Light by Petina Gappah

International Book Group – Out of Darkness, Shining Light

The International Book Group at West Falmouth Library is a volunteer-led group that meets on the first Wednesday of each month 3:45-5pm. Selections have either foreign settings or foreign authors, usually both. New members are always welcome! Meetings are both in-person and on Zoom. Email Mary Harris for Zoom access.

Praise for Out of Darkness, Shining Light: “Engrossing, beautiful, and deeply imaginative” (Yaa Gyasi, author of Homegoing), this epic novel about the explorer David Livingstone and the extraordinary group of Africans who carry his body across impossible terrain “illuminates the agonies of colonialism and blind loyalty” (O, The Oprah Magazine).

The discussion schedule is as follows:

9/3/2025 Out of Darkness, Shining Light Petina Gappah Africa
10/1/2025 Miss Benson’s Beetle Rachel Joyce New Caledonia
11/5/2025 The Palace of Illusions Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni India
12/3/2025 The Sand Child Tahar Ben Jelloun Morocco
1/7/2026 The Green Road Anne Enright Ireland
2/4/2026 Midaq Alley Najīb Maḥfūẓ Cairo
3/4/1936 Birnam Wood Eleanor Catton New Zealand
4/1/2026 Infinite Country Patricia Engel Colombia
5/6/2026 The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land In Between Hisham Matar Cairo
6/3/2026 Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor Mexico

 

Date

Sep 03 2025

Time

3:45 pm

Location

West Falmouth Library
575 West Falmouth Highway West Falmouth, MA 02574

Organizer

Becky Kanaley
Email
becky@westfalmouthlibrary.org