Book Club

Name: Book Club
Start: 2025-10-21T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Newfane Public Library

Schedule

Tue, 21 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Newfane Public Library | Newfane, NY

Please note the date and time change. At this special session of book club, we will be discussion Lovely War by local author Julie Berry. The author will be in attendance to discuss with us! Get your copy from the library. New members are always welcome!
The Greek goddess Aphrodite recounts two tales of tragic love during WWI to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, in a luxe Manhattan hotel room at the height of World War II. She seeks to answer the age-old question: "Why are Love and War eternally drawn to one another?" but her quest for a conclusion that will satisfy her jealous husband uncovers a multi-threaded tale of prejudice, trauma, and music revealing that War is no match for the power of Love.
In the perilous days of World Wars I and II, the gods hold the fates-- and the hearts-- of four mortals in their hands. They are Hazel, James, Aubrey, and Colette. A classical pianist from London, a British would-be architect-turned-soldier, a Harlem-born ragtime genius in the U.S. Army, and a Belgian orphan with a gorgeous voice and a devastating past. Their story, as told by goddess Aphrodite to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, is filled with hope and heartbreak, prejudice and passion, and reveals that, though War is a formidable force, it's no match for the transcendent power of Love. -- adapted from jacket