Tuesday February 25th at 12:00 (noon)\, at Latham Library an d online via Zoom.
\nPlease contact librarian@thetfordlibrar y.org for the Zoom link and to RSVP if you plan to attend in person (in ca se of bad weather\, etc).
\nThis month’s title: West Wi th The Night\, by Beryl Markham
\nFrom group leader E D M Landm an MD:
\nThe classic memoir of Africa\, aviation\, and adventure—the inspiration for Paula McLain’s Circling the Sun and “a bloody wonderful b ook” (Ernest Hemingway).
\nBeryl Markham’s life story is a true epic . Not only did she set records and break barriers as a pilot\, she shatter ed societal expectations\, threw herself into torrid love affairs\, surviv ed desperate crash landings—and chronicled everything. A contemporary of Isak Dinesen\, the author of Out of Africa\, Markham left an enduring memo ir that soars with astounding candor and shimmering insights.
\nA re bel from a young age\, the British-born Markham was raised in Kenya’s unfo rgiving farmlands. She trained as a bush pilot at a time when most African s had never seen a plane. In 1936\, she accepted the ultimate challenge: t o fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean from east to west\, a feat that fello w female aviator Amelia Earhart had completed in reverse just a few years before. Markham’s successes and her failures—and her deep\, lifelong love of the “soul of Africa”—are all told here with wrenching honesty and agile wit.
\nThe book may be obtained from your local library\, via inter library loan\, possibly as an audio or e-book via ListenUp Vermont or in New Hampshire\, New Hampshire Downloadable Books. Users need only get a b arcode number from their local library to use the services. Or you can ob tain the book from your favorite local bookseller\, or via www.bookfinder. com\, the aggregator site for booksellers both large and small from all ov er the world\, and for books both new and secondhand.
\nAll are welc ome and we look forward to seeing you.
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