History Lovers! This book club is for you! Each season we select a book for our first meeting to read together that covers a theme or time period of history. For our second meeting, we read from a list of books around the topic of the first book.
For March, we will be reading Finding Margaret Fuller: A Novel by Allison Pataki. Stop by the Reference Desk to pick up a copy of the book.
For April we will be reading books about Nineteenth Century American reform movements and the other topics discussed in the book Finding Margaret Fuller. A list of suggested book titles will be provided at the March meetings.
Beginning in 2026! We are now offering two discussion meetings each month, the 4th Monday of the month at 6:30 pm and the 4th Wednesday of the month at 10:30 am. Each group will be limited to 12 people and you MUST register to attend.
To register for the discussion on Monday, March 23 at 6:30 pm, click here.
To register for the discussion on Wednesday, March 25 at 1o:30 am, click here.
To register for the discussion on Monday, April 27 at 6:30 pm, click here.
To register for the discussion on Wednesday, April 29 at 10:30 am, click here.
About Finding Margaret Fuller:
In the company of Ralph Waldo Emerson and his circle of enlightened friends, the young, beautiful, and brilliant Margaret Fuller becomes “the radiant genius and fiery heart” of the Transcendentalists. She inspires Louisa May Alcott, sparks Nathaniel Hawthorne to create Hester Prynne, and forms close bonds with Henry David Thoreau and Emerson himself. However, Margaret’s soul yearns for more than poetry and drama, leading her on a journey of adventure and self-discovery.
From hosting a women-only literary salon in Boston to becoming the first woman permitted entry to Harvard’s library, Margaret defies societal conventions as an activist for women’s rights and a champion for humanity. On the gritty New York streets, she spars with Edgar Allan Poe and reports on the work of Frederick Douglass. And when offered an assignment in Europe by editor Horace Greeley, Margaret becomes the first female foreign news correspondent, mingling with the likes of Frédéric Chopin, William Wordsworth, and George Sand. In Rome, she embarks on a passionate love affair with a Roman count, causing an international scandal. As a mother and a countess, Margaret enters a new fight for Italy’s unification.
With a star-studded cast and an epic sweep of historical events, this is a story of an inspiring trailblazer, a woman who loved big and lived even bigger—a fierce adventurer who transcended the rigid roles ascribed to women and changed history for millions, all on her own terms.
