Intergenerational Book Club to Discuss Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple at Thomaston Public Library

On Tuesday, July 15, at 2:30 p.m, the Thomaston Public Library's Intergenerational Book Club will discuss Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple.

Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect, and to 15-year-old Bee, she is a best friend and, simply, Mom.

Then Bernadette disappears. It began when Bee aced her report card and claimed her promised reward: a family trip to Antarctica. But Bernadette's intensifying allergy to Seattle--and people in general--has made her so agoraphobic that a virtual assistant in India now runs her most basic errands. A trip to the end of the earth is problematic.

To find her mother, Bee compiles email messages, official documents, secret correspondence -- creating a compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's role in an absurd world.

On the third Tuesday of every month, the Intergenerational Book Club, a group of men and women of all ages, comes together to share their opinions and ideas about the book selection. Extra copies of the books are purchased by the Friends of the Thomaston Public Library from the Annual Appeal funds. We thank you for your donations. All are welcome at the Thomaston Library on July 15th at 2:30  p.m.

If you live in Thomaston and would like to attend but need a ride, please call the library at 354-2453 a week before the discussion date.
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Library the Site for Thomaston Farmers' Market, Every Saturday 9 to 1

The Thomaston Public Library is open on Saturdays from 9 a.m 1 p.m, which is exactly when the Thomaston Farmers' Market happens -- right outside the library's back door. Visitors can browse the library's books and movies and also load up on the market's wonderful produce; fine, organic meats; deliciously-fresh desserts and baked goods; seedlings; herbs; candles and scents; coffee and kombucha (stop by to find out what kombucha is!); and a host of other great fare.

Fresh early greens and lettuces are a particular attraction just now, along with many other early-summer vegetables. Among the meats for sale are steaks, a variety of sausage flavors, lamb, chicken, and pork chops, all of the finest quality. The baked goods range from candy, muffins, and cookies to pies, whoopie pies, bars, and sweet quick breads. There's something for everyone.

The market's vendors are set up in the parking lot behind the Academy building. The library sets up a booth among them, so market shoppers can stop by for information on the library's upcoming events and choose among some of the Hallway Bookshop's sale books.

Don't miss the this one-stop, book-and-food shopping opportunity every Saturday morning at the library!

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40 Days of Summer, Thomaston Public Library's Summer Program for Kids, Heads into Week Two: Puppets, Puppets, and More Puppets!

Puppets, Puppets, and more Puppets! is the theme for Week Two of Thomaston Public Library's 40 Days of Summer kids' program. The program, organized around weekly themes, features daily activities and events, a story or two, and some fun in the sun, including a picnic lunch outside, weather permitting. Each day's fun happens from 11 a .m to I p,m Monday through Friday. 

Here's what's happening during Puppets week:

Monday, June 30: Create your own paper-bag puppet
Tuesday, July 1: Make a stick puppet or two
Wednesday, July 2: Try your hand at a sock puppet
Thursday, July 3: Choose one or more puppets to play with and put on a real puppet show!
Friday, July 4: Library closed in celebration of the 4th of July

In addition to making puppets, kids can create a puppet landscape to use as the set for a grand finale puppet show. Come have fun and get creative (you can even write a script!) at Thomaston Public Library.