Told through the perspective of its charming and irresistible narrator, The History of a Difficult Child is about what happens when mother, God, and country are at odds, and how one difficult child finds her voice. There are two in-person sessions each month and a virtual option for those who can't make the in-person meetings!
The newest episode of the Library's podcast may just be the biggest one yet! Kristin Hannah (author of The Nightingale, The Great Alone, The Four Winds, The Women, and many more) is our guest on the newest episode of the Library's podcast, the First Fifty Pages.
Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals who lived through the decade of Maoist fanaticism between 1966 and 1976.
Idra Novey, author of the 2024 Sioux City Reads book, Take What You Need will join us via ZOOM for a live Q & A discussion at the Sioux City Art Center! Art Center attendees will be invited to ask their questions in a town hall style Q & A session. Social Hour begins at 2 pm with light refreshments - hors d'oeuvres and beverages. The Q & A Session will begin at 3 pm and seating is limited. Tickets will be available on a first come basis starting at 2 pm.
Beloved bestselling author Mitch Albom returns with a powerful novel that moves from a coastal Greek city during the Holocaust, to America, where the intertwined lives of three survivors are forever changed by the perils of deception and the grace of redemption.
Join fellow Sioux City Readers in-person at the Morningside Branch Library for a lively discussion about the 2024 Sioux City Reads book, 'Take What You Need' by Idra Novey on Saturday, March 2 from 11 am to 12 noon. No registration needed.
Join fellow Sioux City readers for a virtual book discussion on February 20th from 12 Noon to 1 pm about the 2024 Sioux City Reads book - Take What You Need by Idra Novey. Register for this session with your email address to receive a Zoom link on the day of the discussion.
The Vulnerables offers a meditation on our contemporary era, as a solitary female narrator asks what it means to be alive at this complex moment in history and considers how our present reality affects the way a person looks back on her past.
Had a chance to read 2024's Sioux City Reads book, Take What You Need by Idra Novey? If you enjoyed Take What You Need the Library has a list of read-alikes for you to explore next.
On the night of February 22, 1978, a devastating freight train derailment drastically altered Waverly, Tennessee, and its place in history. This was one of the worst train explosions of the twentieth century, killing 16 people, injuring hundreds more, and causing millions of dollars in damage.
