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Iredell County Public Library North Carolina - Summer Book Talks 20 May 2022 ( news )
Iredell County Public Library , state North Carolina ( By Press Release office)
May 20,2022
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June 22nd at 2:00 pm - Where the Crawdads Sing
July 27th at 2:00 pm - Joyland
We are excited to announce a Summer - only book discussion group at the Statesville Library!
Stop by our main branch any time after June 1st
to register and pick up copies of this year ' s book selections , Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens , and Joyland by Stephen King .
Both books are yours to keep after the program , and are available on a first come - first serve basis . Sign up and collect your books at the front desk of the Statesville library .
This program is sponsored by the Iredell Friends of the Library .
Where the Crawdads Sing , by Delia Owens
Joyland , by Stephen King
For years , rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove , a quiet fishing village . Kya Clark is barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society . So in late 1969 , when the popular Chase Andrews is found dead , locals immediately suspect her .
But Kya is not what they say . A born naturalist with just one day of school , she takes life ' s lessons from the land , learning the real ways of the world from the dishonest signals of fireflies . But while she has the skills to live in solitude forever , the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved . Drawn to two young men from town , who are each intrigued by her wild beauty , Kya opens herself to a new and startling world—until the unthinkable happens .
Set in a small - town North Carolina amusement park in 1973 , Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny .
After realizing his romantic life is not going in the direction he ' d hoped , Devin Jones decides to take a summer job at an amusement park . There he makes friends with Tom Kennedy and Erin Cook , also summer hires at Joyland , which years before had been the scene of the murder of a young woman named Linda Gray whose ghost is said to be seen at the Horror House . He also befriends a young boy , named Mike Ross and his mother , Annie . Their lives all become entwined when Devin decides to investigate the mystery of Linda Gray ' s unsolved murder by the Carny Killer .
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