GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION GROUP SELECTS BOOKS FOR FIRST HALF OF 2024

JEFFERSON, LA – Members of the Great Books Discussion Group have chosen the reading material for the first half of 2024. The group, led by librarian Gwen Kelley, meets at the East Bank Regional Library (4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, LA 70001).

Each event begins at 7 p.m., and is open to the public.

Tuesday, Jan. 16 - The Code of the Woosters by PG Wodehouse
Tuesday, Feb. 20 - A Passage to India by EM Forster
Tuesday, March 19 – The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams
Tuesday, April 16 – The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Tuesday, May 21 – The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Tuesday, June 18 – The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron

For more information, contact Chris Smith, Manager of Adult Programming for the library, at 504-889-8143 or wcsmith@jplibrary.net/.

The Jefferson Parish Library system consists of 16 locations that stretch from the Lakeshore Branch on the edge of Lake Pontchartrain to the Grand Isle Branch just steps away from the Gulf of Mexico. The library system consists of two large regional libraries and seven branches on each side of the Mississippi River. The East Bank Regional Library serves as library headquarters. More than 200 employees work for the Jefferson Parish Library including librarians, administration and support staff. For more information, contact the library at (504) 838-1100 or www.jefferson.lib.la.us.

For more information about Jefferson Parish, visit www.JeffParish.net. Residents can also receive regular updates by following the Parish on social media (@JeffParishGov) or by texting JPALERT or JPNOTICIAS to 888-777.

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Jefferson Parish Public Information Office

1221 Elmwood Park Boulevard, Suite 1002

Jefferson, LA 70123

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