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Book Discussion

"Miss Morgan's Book Brigade" by Janet Charles Skeslein

2025-07-14 16:30:00 2025-07-14 17:30:00 America/New_York Book Discussion Duncan Falls/Philo Branch Library - Duncan Falls Meeting Room

Monday, July 14
4:30pm - 5:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-07-14 16:30:00 2025-07-14 17:30:00 America/New_York Book Discussion Based on the true story of Jessie Carson, this is "a moving tale of sacrifice, heroism, and inspired storytelling immersed in the power of books to change our lives." Duncan Falls/Philo Branch Library - Duncan Falls Meeting Room

Duncan Falls/Philo Branch Library

Duncan Falls Meeting Room

Based on the true story of Jessie Carson, this is "a moving tale of sacrifice, heroism, and inspired storytelling immersed in the power of books to change our lives."

Copies of this book will be made available beginning June 9. This title is also available as an eBook and eAudiobook on Libby and as an eAudiobook on hoopla.

1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Founded by millionaire Anne Morgan, this group of international women help rebuild destroyed French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen--children's libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears. 

1987: When NYPL librarian and aspiring writer Wendy Peterson stumbles across a passing reference to Jessie Carson in the archives, she becomes consumed with learning her fate. In her obsessive research, she discovers that she and the elusive librarian have more in common than their work at New York's famed library, but she has no idea their paths will converge in surprising ways across time. 

Based on the extraordinary little-known history of the women who received the Croix de Guerre medal for courage under fire, Miss Morgan's Book Brigade is a "rich, glorious, life-affirming tribute to literature and female solidarity. Simply unforgettable."

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Skill Building | Book Discussions |

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