Hamden Library To Host 'Milkman' Book Discussion

Press release from Hamden Library:

Jan. 10, 2023

Begin a new year of book discussion meetings with the Hamden Public Library by discussing Anna Burns’ 2018 novel “Milkman” at our January Book Club. Please join us on Zoom on Monday, January 30th, 2023 at 6:30 PM to share insights and opinions regarding the novel. This discussion will be facilitated by Reference Librarian Dave Scanlon.

Interested? Copies of “Milkman” are available at the library and downloadable books are available on the Libby App with your Hamden library card. If you do not have a card, and you are a Town of Hamden resident, you can obtain one at any of the library branches. Register online at hamdenlibrary.org. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

A winner of the 2018 Man Booker Prize and National Book Critics’ Circle Award for Fiction, as well as the 2020 International DUBLIN Literary Award, “Milkman” is a dynamic work of historical and psychological fiction. Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles of the 1970’s, the story focuses on an eighteen year old woman nicknamed Middle Sister, who is living with her widowed mother and sisters and coming of age in a Catholic, separatist stronghold. She unexpectedly meets and finds herself pursued by a paramilitary soldier known as Milkman. Despite her attempts to avoid Milkman, gossip starts to spread and tensions rise in her community in vast and unthinkable ways. Praise for “Milkman” includes the following from the UK Guardian: “[Milkman] is engrossing, [it is] a book that engulfs you and keeps you held and mesmerized.”

If you have any questions about this program, please contact us by emailing us at info@hamdenlibrary.org, or by calling us at 203-287-2680.

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