Read ME Book Discussion: “Beneficence” by Meredith Hall
Lewiston Public Library will host a discussion of Meredith Hall’s novel Beneficence, the fiction selection for this year’s Read ME statewide summer reading program, on Wednesday, August 24, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. This in-person event will take place in the library’s Couture Room. Advance registration is required. For more information or to register, call 513-3135 or email lplreference@gmail.com.
About the book: Beneficence illuminates a family’s journey from loss to healing. In the midst of what feels like a nearly perfect life, Doris Senter is thankful but wary because “We can’t ever know what will come.” When an unimaginable tragedy suddenly takes one of their own, the surviving members of the Senter Family must overcome heartbreak by finding their way to forgiveness. Reviewers and readers have called “Beneficence” a “hauntingly beautiful” novel, “hard to put down,” and “a page-turner and an artistic triumph.”
About Read ME: Presented by the Maine State Library and Maine Humanities Council, the Read ME statewide summer reading program connects Maine’s adult reading community through outstanding new books written by up-and-coming Maine authors. The titles, one each for fiction and nonfiction, are selected each year by a well-known Maine author with an established reputation.
Multiple copies of the books are available to borrow at local libraries. In addition to events presented by local libraries, the Read ME program features statewide virtual events, including a kick-off program with Jennifer Rooks on Maine Public Radio’s “Maine Calling” and a virtual visit with each of the two featured authors.
For more information about Read ME 2022, this year’s featured books, or the dates and registration information for the statewide virtual events, see https://mainehumanities.org/read-me
