Hummingbird Books January Book Club: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Schedule

Tue Jan 14 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

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Hummingbird Books | Newton, MA

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Join us for our first book club meeting of 2025! We will be reading "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett.
About this Event

Join the Hummingbird Books book club to read Bel Canto by Ann Patchett.

Attendence is free, RSVP required.

P.S. We have signed copies at Hummingbird!

About Bel Canto:

Ann Patchett’s spellbinding novel about love and opera, and the unifying ways people learn to communicate across cultural barriers in times of crisis. 

Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening—until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, a moment of great beauty, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become compatriots, intimate friends, and lovers.

Patchett's lyrical prose and lucid imagination make Bel Canto a captivating story of strength and frailty, love and imprisonment, and an inspiring tale of transcendent romance.

About Hummingbird Books:

An independent, local female-owned and operated store, Hummingbird Books is a community destination for an extensive collection of adult and children’s books and showcases a mix of local and widely beloved authors. Hummingbird Books is a magical place where children discover a love of reading. At Hummingbird Books, we believe reading connects us to others as we search for ideas, wisdom, and sometimes just provides a much-needed break from reality. In addition to its book selection, Hummingbird Books offers a variety of games, gift items, candy, and stationery, as well as in-store programming including story times, and book signings.

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Hummingbird Books, 55 Boylston Street, Newton, United States

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