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Book cover for The Marraige Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell. Cover shows plants and animals including a tiger, snake, and bird.

Bestsellers Book Club: The Marriage Portrait

In-Person Program
2025-04-29 11:30:00 2025-04-29 13:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Bestsellers Book Club: The Marriage Portrait Join us and enjoy a lively book discussion and an art project. All supplies will be provided. For adults. Stevenson Ranch Library - Meeting Room

Tuesday, April 29
11:30am - 1:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-04-29 11:30:00 2025-04-29 13:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Bestsellers Book Club: The Marriage Portrait Join us and enjoy a lively book discussion and an art project. All supplies will be provided. For adults. Stevenson Ranch Library - Meeting Room

Join us and enjoy a lively book discussion and an art project. All supplies will be provided. For adults.

Florence, the 1550s. Lucrezia, third daughter of the grand duke, is comfortable with her obscure place in the palazzo: free to wonder at its treasures, observe its clandestine workings, and devote herself to her own artistic pursuits. But when her older sister dies on the eve of her wedding to the ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: the duke is quick to request her hand in marriage, and her father just as quick to accept on her behalf. 
As Lucrezia sits in constricting finery for a painting intended to preserve her image for centuries to come, one thing becomes worryingly clear. In the court’s eyes, she has one duty: to provide the heir who will shore up the future of the Ferranese dynasty. Until then, for all of her rank and nobility, the new duchess’s future hangs entirely in the balance.

AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Lectures & Conversations | Books, Poetry, & Writing | Arts, Crafts, & Hobbies |

TAGS: | Book Club |

Stevenson Ranch Library
Phone: 661.255.2707
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Fri, Jul 03 Closed
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About the branch

Library service in Stevenson Ranch began in July 2011 with the opening of Stevenson Ranch Express Library. In March, 2015, a new Stevenson Ranch Library opened to provide a full service library to the West Ranch communities. Library service in the Santa Clarita Valley area began in 1916 with the establishment of the original Newhall Library. The Stevenson Ranch Library pays tribute to a century of service with a local history collection and the original editorial cartoons of the Randy Wicks Collection.

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