Our 18+ Adult Contemporary Book Club meets on the first Thursday of every month at 7PM. Each month, patrons come and enjoy book discussions about the previous book they collectively read. At this particular meeting, we will be discussing Heartwood by Amity Gaige. This event is taking place at VTPL (Fortville).

Patrons are welcome to check out a copy at the service desk, while supplies last, or bring their own.

From Goodreads: Heartwood takes you on a journey as a search and rescue team race against time when an experienced hiker mysteriously disappears on the Appalachian Trail in Maine.

In the heart of the Maine woods, an experienced Appalachian Trail hiker goes missing. She is forty-two-year-old Valerie Gillis, who has vanished 200 miles from her final destination. Alone in the wilderness, Valerie pours her thoughts into fractured, poetic letters to her mother as she battles the elements and struggles to keep hoping.

At the heart of the investigation is Beverly, the determined Maine State Game Warden tasked with finding Valerie, who leads the search on the ground. Meanwhile, Lena, a seventy-six-year-old birdwatcher in a Connecticut retirement community, becomes an unexpected armchair detective. Roving between these compelling narratives, a puzzle emerges, intensifying the frantic search, as Valerie’s disappearance may not be accidental.