Reader’s Circle Picnic at Waterfront Park: “Northanger Abbey”
Thursday, June 19
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Meet at the Waterfront, Weather Permitting!
This month, we will be reading Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid in celebration of the 250th year of Jane Austen’s birth. Get the book at the Library!
Register with reference@dobbsferrylibrary.org — please indicate the title and date of the program you are registering for!
“Jane Austen in the hands of queen of crime, Val McDermid. Get ready for a very different Northanger Abbey.
For Cat Morland life being home-schooled in Dorset is unendurably ordinary. To cope, she devours as many novels as possible, especially anything supernatural. But if Cat can tear her eyes away from the page, she’s in for a shock: the very stuff of her dreams is about to come true. An invite to the Edinburgh Festival from some wealthy neighbours throws her in the way of a mysterious young man, Henry Tilney; a like-minded friend, Isabella Thorpe; and her odious brother, who threatens to ruin Cat’s chances of adventure. But this heroine is not so easily deterred, especially when she’s singled out by the Tilney family to stay with them at their imposing gothic castle, Northanger Abbey. Turrets and creaking doors there may be, but in the depths of the Scottish Borders Cat is isolated from the outside world, with no phone signal and no internet. She’s all alone in an ancient abbey alive with old secrets and a family who are not quite as they seem. Is real life about to become more terrifying than the world of her imagination?”
Movie: “Mansfield Park”
Thursday, June 19
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
This month, we will be watching Mansfield Park (1999/Rated PG-13/112 min/Period Drama, Comedy, Romance) in celebration of the 250th year of Jane Austen’s birth.
Register with reference@dobbsferrylibrary.org — please indicate the title and date of the program you are registering for!
Fanny, born into a poor family, is sent away to live with wealthy uncle Sir Thomas, his wife and their four children, where she’ll be brought up for a proper introduction to society.
Teen Advisory Group (TAG) Monthly Meeting (Registration)
Thursday, June 19
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Want to make a difference in the community and get volunteer credit hours? Become a member of TAG! We’ll meet monthly to discuss your ideas and work on projects to improve the library and its services.
Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org for information and to register.