Meet to discuss books of different genres the first Monday of each month. The August selection is Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton (historical fiction). In 1958, Elisa is a 19-year-old member of Cuba’s high society who has a secret affair with a revolutionary. In 2017, Marisol is a freelance writer who travels to Havana to scatter her grandmother Elisa’s ashes. Marisol must confront the contrast between Cuba’s beauty and its political climate as she uncovers her family’s history.
September 8 selection: Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo (fiction).