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SUMMARY:The Short Stack Book Club
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DTSTAMP:20260424T161700Z
DTSTART:20260507T223000Z
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LOCATION:Bethlehem Public Library, 451 Delaware Ave, Delmar, NY 12054, Uni
 ted States
ROOM: Board Room
DESCRIPTION:The Short Stack is a laid-back book club for those who love to
  read without the page count pressure. We will explore short stories, nove
 llas, and bite-sized non-fiction—all around 200 pages. Perfect for busy 
 schedules, short attention spans, or anyone who just wants to read more wi
 thout the time commitment. This month we will be reading: The Ferryman an
 d His Wife by Frode Grytten; translated by Allison McCullough"In the 
 spirit of Amor Towles and George Saunders, the renowned, bestselling Norwe
 gian author Frode Grytten takes readers on a quietly epic ferry driver Nil
 s Vik’s last route along the fjord, on what he knows will be his last da
 y alive. Nils Vik wakes up on November the 18th and knows it will be the 
 day he dies. He follows his morning routine as voices from his past echo i
 n his mind, and looks around the empty house one last time, before steppin
 g onto his beloved boat. His dog, dead these many years, leaps aboard wit
 h him, and then the other dead begin to emerge – from the woods along th
 e fjord, from each of the ferry stops along the route, from his logbook fu
 ll of memories and quotations and jotted-down notes about the weather cond
 itions. The people from the past accompany him now, prodding him, showing 
 him what he might have missed before, as he waits for his Marta, his late,
  remarkable wife, to finally join him on the boat again. Winner of the pr
 estigious Brage Prize, and considered to be Grytten’s long-awaited maste
 rpiece, The Ferryman and His Wife is the story of a quiet, yet utterly pro
 found, life told in reverse. Timeless and absorbing, this is a novel about
  what we take with us – those moments that might seem insignificant as t
 hey happen but prove to be the most meaningful, in the end."-Goodread
 s.com Copies of the book will be available at the Information Desk. 
URL:https://bethlehem.librarycalendar.com/event/short-stack-book-club-3397
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