April Book Club at the Irish Cultural Center

Schedule

Thu Apr 10 2025 at 05:30 pm to 06:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Irish Cultural Center of Western New England | West Springfield, MA

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The Irish Cultural Center Book Club explores Irish and Irish-American literature.
About this Event

Join us in the Irish Cultural Center Book Club. We’ll enjoy good craic and delve into Irish and Irish-American literature. This event is open to all, ICC Patrons and the general public.

This month's meeting takes place on Thursday, April 10 from 5:30–6:30 pm at the ICC.

We are reading The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes. Participants are encouraged to arrive a few minutes early to get settled, perhaps grab a drink, mix and mingle. You are welcome to stay after at the Trinity Pub to socialize with dinner or drinks.

About the Book

The Flattery sisters were plunged prematurely into adulthood when their parents died in tragic circumstances. Now in their thirties—all single, all with PhDs—they are each attempting to do meaningful work in a rapidly foundering world. The four lead disparate, distanced lives, from classrooms in Connecticut to ritzy catering gigs in London’s Notting Hill, until one day their oldest sister, a geologist haunted by a terrible awareness of the earth’s future, abruptly vanishes from her work and home. Together for the first time in years, the Flatterys descend on the Irish countryside in search of a sister who doesn’t want to be found. Warm, fiercely witty, and unexpectedly hopeful, The Alternatives is an unforgettable portrait of a family perched on our collective precipice, told by one of Ireland’s most gifted storytellers.

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Irish Cultural Center of Western New England, 429 Morgan Road, West Springfield, United States

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