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Join us for the Pacific Beach Library's monthly book discussion! Our group meets in a hybrid format, so you can choose whether you'd prefer to join us in-person in the PB Library's Community Room or virtually (please send an email to cwainwright@sandiego.gov for this year's Zoom login info). February's selection is The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride.
Description: In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows.
If you'd like to check out a print copy of the book, they are available 1 month before each discussion at the Pacific Beach Library's Circulation Desk. Please call 858-581-9934 x0 before coming to pick it up so that staff may confirm availability.
Book Discussion Calendar
- January 9, 2025: Select titles to discuss in 2025
- February 13: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
- March 23: The Gambler Wife by Andrew D. Kaufman
- April 10: The Color of Water by James McBride
- May 8: The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn & Janie Chang
- June 12: South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry
- July 10: How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr
- August 14: 1984 by George Orwell
- September 11: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
- October 9: The Women by Kristin Hannah
- November 13: One Book, One San Diego selection (to be announced)
- December 11: The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoë Schlanger
- January 8, 2026: Select titles to discuss in 2026
- February 12, 2026: James by Percival Everett