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Daytime Book Club: Rough Sleepers

Daytime Book Club: Rough Sleepers

Date:
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Time:
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
East Meeting Room
Location:
East Regional Library (211 Lick Creek Lane)
Audience:
  Adult     Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds     Senior Citizen  
Categories:
  Book Club  

Registration is required. There are 19 seats available.

Come join the Daytime Book Club as we discuss this month's book! New members are always welcome (we love meeting new people!). Registration is appreciated but not required.

This month we will discuss Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder. The description for the book is below:
"When he graduated from Harvard Medical School, Jim O'Connell was asked by the medical school Dean to spend one year setting up a program to care for the homeless population in Boston. It became Jim O'Connell's life calling, to help people known as "rough sleepers." For the past three decades, Dr. O'Connell has run the Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program, which he helped to create. Affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital, the program includes clinics and a van on which Dr O'Connell and his staff ride through the Boston streets at night, offering outreach of medical care, socks, soup, and friendship to a marginalized community."

We look forward to seeing you all soon!


Interested in attending a future Daytime Book Club meeting? Take a look at our reading list below:

August 6, 2025: Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder

September 10, 2025: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

October 8, 2025: Trust by Hernán Díaz

November 12, 2025: Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

December 10, 2025: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

January 14, 2026: North Woods by Daniel Mason

February 11, 2026: Kindred by Octavia Butler

March 11, 2026: An Immense World by Ed Yong

April 15, 2026: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

 

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