MB's Lit Society: Whistler

MB's Lit Society | September

Tuesday, September 15th | 7pm | In the shop at 17 South Madison Street

Two easy ways to join:

• Purchase the book through us and admission is free
• Source the book yourself and admission is just $10

Our August Pick: Whistler by Ann Patchett

A chance encounter at the Metropolitan Museum. A face from thirty years ago. A love that never really ended.

What follows is a reunion decades in the making — two people who once shared something brief and unforgettable, now grown, now changed, and unwilling to let each other go a second time. Daphne Fuller was nine when Eddie Triplett came briefly into her life and left it just as suddenly. Now fifty-three, she finds him again, and time falls away.

Spare, aching, and quietly devastating, Whistler is the kind of novel that lingers. It's a story about the choices we make and the ones made for us — about memory, courage, and the small moments that end up defining a life. September is the perfect month for this one — a tender, unflinching read about what it means to be truly known by another person, even just once. Come ready for a rich conversation.