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SUMMARY:Book Discussion Group
DESCRIPTION:<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP 2025-2026</span></span></h3><h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong><i><em><em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em><em><em><em><em><em><em>All the Light We Cannot See&nbsp;</em>by Anthony Doerr</em></em></em></em></em></em></span></em></em></em></i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;<i></i>- </span></strong><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">presented by NBPL Foundation</span></em></h4><p><strong><p style="text-align: center;"></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">March 11, 2026</span></strong><br><em></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris, and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel. In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, then a special assignment to track the Resistance.</span></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Meeting Details:</span></strong></p><ul>    <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Friends Room, Central Library, 1000 Avocado Avenue, Newport Beach, CA</span></li>    <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2nd Wednesday of the month / September to May</span></li>    <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">9:30am - 11:00am / doors open at 9:15am</span></li>    <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">FREE (a suggested donation of $10.00 is always appreciated)</span></li>    <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">No Reservations required</span></li>    <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Come whether you’ve read the book or not as The Group is kind, curious, and engaging! &nbsp;</span></li></ul><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Book Discussion Group members select, read, and discuss 9-10 books per year. This active and dynamic Group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 9:30am - 11:00am in the Friends Room at the Central Library. All are welcome whether you’ve read the book or not and the program is FREE. Refreshments are provided and the books are available through the Newport Beach Public Library.</span></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For detailed 2025-2026 Book Discussion Group reading list:</span></strong>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nbplfoundation.org/" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://libraryfoundationnb.org/programs/book-discussion-group/" target="_blank">https://nbplf.foundation/programs/book-discussion-group/</a></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP 2025-2026</span></span></h3><h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong><i><em><em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em><em><em><em><em><em><em>All the Light We Cannot See&nbsp;</em>by Anthony Doerr</em></em></em></em></em></em></span></em></em></em></i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;<i></i>- </span></strong><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">presented by NBPL Foundation</span></em></h4><p><strong><p style="text-align: center;"></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">March 11, 2026</span></strong><br><em></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris, and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel. In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, then a special assignment to track the Resistance.</span></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Meeting Details:</span></strong></p><ul>    <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Friends Room, Central Library, 1000 Avocado Avenue, Newport Beach, CA</span></li>    <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2nd Wednesday of the month / September to May</span></li>    <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">9:30am - 11:00am / doors open at 9:15am</span></li>    <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">FREE (a suggested donation of $10.00 is always appreciated)</span></li>    <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">No Reservations required</span></li>    <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Come whether you’ve read the book or not as The Group is kind, curious, and engaging! &nbsp;</span></li></ul><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Book Discussion Group members select, read, and discuss 9-10 books per year. This active and dynamic Group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 9:30am - 11:00am in the Friends Room at the Central Library. All are welcome whether you’ve read the book or not and the program is FREE. Refreshments are provided and the books are available through the Newport Beach Public Library.</span></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For detailed 2025-2026 Book Discussion Group reading list:</span></strong>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nbplfoundation.org/" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://libraryfoundationnb.org/programs/book-discussion-group/" target="_blank">https://nbplf.foundation/programs/book-discussion-group/</a></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
LOCATION:Newport Beach Central Library\, Friends Meeting Room\, 1000 Avocado Avenue Newport Beach\, California 92660
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