Book Club at Otterbein Cridersville

Event Details

Join us at 12:30 on Wednesday, November 15th, at Otterbein Cridersville to discuss The Mothers by Brit Benett. Members of the public are welcome.

It is the last season of high school life for Nadia Turner, a rebellious, grief-stricken, seventeen-year-old beauty. Mourning her own mother's recent suicide, she takes up with the local pastor's son. Luke Sheppard is twenty-one, a former football star whose injury has reduced him to waiting tables at a diner. They are young; it's not serious. But the pregnancy that results from this teen romance—and the subsequent cover-up—will have an impact that goes far beyond their youth. As Nadia hides her secret from everyone, including Aubrey, her God-fearing best friend, the years move quickly. Soon, Nadia, Luke, and Aubrey are full-fledged adults and still living in debt to the choices they made that one seaside summer, caught in a love triangle they must carefully maneuver, and dogged by the constant, nagging question: What if they had chosen differently? The possibilities of the road not taken are a relentless haunt.

Event Type(s): Book Club

Age Group(s): Adults

Melissa Luthman

(419) 645-5447

mluthman@auglaizelibraries.org