Harrison Public Library/Millennium Book Club to discuss "People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks on October 10, 2012 at 7pm - All welcome to join us

Harrison Public Library, Bruce Avenue, Millennium Book Club will meet on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss “People of the Book” by Geraldine Brooks, a 2008 historical fiction novel.  The story focuses on an imagined past of the still extant Sarajevo Haggadah, one of the oldest surviving Jewish illuminated texts.

The novel tells the fictional story of Hanna Heath, an Australian book conservator who is responsible for restoring the Haggadah. The story alternates between sections set in the present day with Heath and other sections showing the history of the Haggadah.

Told in reverse chronological order, the story follows the Haggadah backward in time as it travels across Europe, from war-torn Sarajevo to the book's origins. It also explains such clues as missing silver clasps, preserved butterfly remnants, and various stains and spots, which are all eventually explained as part of the manuscript's long history.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Harrison Public Library.  For info call 914/835-0324.