Talk It Up! Book Club

About this event

Adults. Since 2008, Talk It Up! Book Club at Kingwood Library has brought readers together to explore a variety of fiction and nonfiction. Our selections reflect the diverse interests of our curious, open-minded community and range across genres, themes, and perspectives. Join us in August as we read and discuss The Last Light Over Galveston by Jennifer L. Wright. "Galveston, Texas. September 1900. Only months ago, Kathleen McDaniel returned from finishing school in Switzerland to her family home in New York’s Hudson Valley with a future of promise and privilege set before her...Now she has fled as far as the train line and a pocketful of money would take her, finding refuge at the St. Mary’s Orphan Asylum on Galveston Island, where she helps the nuns care for their young charges...Despite her tenuous standing at the orphanage―and the grief and betrayal that drove her from home―Kathleen slowly begins to make friends. There is Emily, the novice nun she rooms with; Maggie, the tempestuous young girl who only bonds with Kathleen; and Matthew, a kind, handsome man recently employed by Isaac Cline at Galveston’s office of the US Weather Bureau. Meanwhile, as troubling news about a storm crossing the Gulf from Cuba swirls in the Weather Bureau offices, Matthew holds fast to Cline’s belief that no hurricane can touch Galveston. But as darkness falls on the island, Kathleen must gather her courage and reach for a strength beyond her own if she―and those she loves―are to survive." A limited number of copies of the book selection are available at the circulation desk downstairs.