Dates:
Tue, Dec 22, 2026, 6:30 PM–7:30 PM
Join neighbors for a lively monthly book discussion. December's title is The Dazzling Paget Sisters by Ariane Bankes. "After Celia Goodman née Paget died in 2002, her daughter, Ariane Bankes, inherited a battered trunk stuffed with letters and diaries that belonged to Celia and her identical twin sister Mamaine. This correspondence charted two remarkable lives spent amongst a dazzling cast of characters who were at the heart of their age, including Arthur Koestler, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and George Orwell. Throughout a secluded childhood in the country with their widowed father, boarding school, and Swiss finishing school, the twins remained inseparable. As debutantes, they took 1930s London by storm, rejecting conventional suitors in favor of life together amongst the city's bohemian intelligentsia. This ... memoir is an intimate portrait of a lost age and the male thinkers who dominated it, as seen through women's eyes. Above all, it's the tale of two devoted sisters" --From the publisher. Copies are available to checkout at the West Belmont Branch circulation desk. Many titles are also available as eBooks or eAudiobooks on the Hoopla and/or Libby app. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event.
Categories: Book Clubs
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