CRI: Book Club @ the Library

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  Dates & times
  • Wed, 12/22/2021 - 10:30am
  Category Book Club
  Age Groups Adults

 

Join us at 10:30 on Wednesday, December 22nd, at the Cridersville Public Library to discuss Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva.  Copies of the book can be picked up at the Cridersville Public Library during our open hours.  If you prefer to use curbside pick-up, please call the library to schedule at 419-645-5447.



Charles Dickens is not feeling the Christmas spirit. His newest book is an utter flop, the critics have turned against him, relatives near and far hound him for money. While his wife plans a lavish holiday party for their ever-expanding family and circle of friends, Dickens has visions of the poor house. But when his publishers try to blackmail him into writing a Christmas book to save them all from financial ruin, he refuses. And a serious bout of writer's block sets in.

Frazzled and filled with self-doubt, Dickens seeks solace in his great palace of thinking, the city of London itself. On one of his long night walks, in a once-beloved square, he meets the mysterious Eleanor Lovejoy, who might be just the muse he needs. As Dickens' deadlines close in, Eleanor propels him on a Scrooge-like journey that tests everything he believes about generosity, friendship, ambition, and love. The story he writes will change Christmas forever.