
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 |