About Same Page Community Read:
Each year, JMRL invites all book lovers to participate in the Same Page Community Read throughout March, providing residents with the opportunity to read and discuss a single book within their community by an author appearing at the Virginia Festival of the Book.
Same Page Community Read will be coming to a JMRL branch near you starting with the Same Page Kickoff on February 21. Copies of the book, as well as book discussion groups and Same Page programs and activities for all ages throughout the month of March. Stay tuned for more program information, times, and a full schedule.
About the book:
From Publisher | Author’s Website
The House of Eve (2023), a redemptive and powerful novel set in 1950’s Philadelphia and Washington, DC, that navigates what it means to be a woman, a mother, and what must be sacrificed in the name of achieving a goal, is “a powerful witnessing, and a remarkable addition to Johnson’s already stunning bibliography” (Robert Jones, Jr.) and “A triumph of historical fiction” (Washington Post).
About the author:
Sadeqa Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of five novels. Her most recent novel, The House of Eve, was an instant New York Times bestseller, Reese’s Book Club selection, NAACP Image Award nominee, and Goodreads Choice award finalist. Her previous novel, Yellow Wife, was the Library of Virginia’s Literary People’s Choice Award winner, Goodreads Choice Award finalist, Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy finalist, and a BCALA Literary Award honoree.
JMRL Same Page Events & Read Alikes
Same Page Community Read is generously funded by the Friends of JMRL, supported by the Art and Jane Hess Fund of the Library Endowment and the Virginia Festival of the Book, a program of Virginia Humanities.