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Book Club for Adults

In-Person Program

2025-07-19 14:00:00 2025-07-19 15:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Book Club for Adults Join our book club for an engaging discussion of our latest selection, "Long Bright River" by Liz Moore. Copies of the book will be available at the Customer Service Desk. For adults. Live Oak Library - Meeting Room

Saturday, July 19
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-07-19 14:00:00 2025-07-19 15:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Book Club for Adults Join our book club for an engaging discussion of our latest selection, "Long Bright River" by Liz Moore. Copies of the book will be available at the Customer Service Desk. For adults. Live Oak Library - Meeting Room

Live Oak Library

Meeting Room

Join our book club for an engaging discussion of our latest selection, "Long Bright River" by Liz Moore. Copies of the book will be available at the Customer Service Desk. For adults.

Synopsis:

In a Philadelphia neighborhood rocked by the opioid crisis, two once-inseparable sisters find themselves at odds. One, Kacey, lives on the streets in the vise of addiction. The other, Mickey, walks those same blocks on her police beat. They don't speak anymore, but Mickey never stops worrying about her sibling.

Then Kacey disappears, suddenly, at the same time that a mysterious string of murders begins in Mickey's district, and Mickey becomes dangerously obsessed with finding the culprit--and her sister--before it's too late.

Alternating its present-day mystery with the story of the sisters' childhood and adolescence, Long Bright River is at once heart-pounding and heart-wrenching: a gripping suspense novel that is also a moving story of sisters, addiction, and the formidable ties that persist between place, family, and fate.

AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Books, Poetry, & Writing |

TAGS: | Book Club |

Live Oak Library

Phone: 626.446.8803

Hours
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Mon, Jun 22 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Jun 23 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Jun 24 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Jun 25 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Jun 26 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Jun 27 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Jun 28 Closed

About the branch

Live Oak Library was founded in 1917. As the business areas along Live Oak Avenue were incorporated into the city of Arcadia, the library site moved eastward until it came to its current location in 1964 in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County.

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Wed, Jun 24, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Thu, Jun 25, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Mon, Jun 29, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Tue, Jun 30, 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Let’s get ready for school! Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement while learning school readiness skills and having fun. For ages 2 - 5 with their parent or caregiver.
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Wed, Jul 01, 10:30am - 10:50am
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Come enjoy bonding with your baby through rhymes, fingerplays, and books. For babies up to 24 months and their parent or caregiver.

Wed, Jul 01, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Thu, Jul 02, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Mon, Jul 06, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
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Join artist Abby Aceves for an engaging and creative coloring experience.

Tue, Jul 07, 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Let’s get ready for school! Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement while learning school readiness skills and having fun. For ages 2 - 5 with their parent or caregiver.

Wed, Jul 08, 10:30am - 10:50am
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Come enjoy bonding with your baby through rhymes, fingerplays, and books. For babies up to 24 months and their parent or caregiver.

Wed, Jul 08, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Join us for weekly arts & crafts sessions. We will provide the supplies; you come ready to create something wonderful. This will be a self-guided crafting session, show us your creativity! For ages 5 – 12 with parent or caregiver

Sat, Jul 11, 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Unleash your inner artist! Join us for this fun activity that will allow toddlers and their caretakers to explore their creativity. All materials will be provided by the library. For ages 1 – 5

Mon, Jul 13, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Are you learning English as a Second Language? Join the conversation club and practice your English language speaking skills in a casual and relaxed environment. The session includes a topic of the day. For Adults

Tue, Jul 14, 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Let’s get ready for school! Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement while learning school readiness skills and having fun. For ages 2 - 5 with their parent or caregiver.

Wed, Jul 15, 10:30am - 10:50am
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Wed, Jul 15, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
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This presentation defines stress and explains the ways in which stress can impact one’s life. Tips are offered to assist older adults in dealing with stress more effectively to improve their quality of life. For adults

Wed, Jul 15, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Join us for weekly arts & crafts sessions. We will provide the supplies; you come ready to create something wonderful. This will be a self-guided crafting session, show us your creativity! For ages 5 – 12 with parent or caregiver

Sat, Jul 18, 10:00am - 2:00pm
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Mon, Jul 20, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
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Tue, Jul 21, 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Let’s get ready for school! Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement while learning school readiness skills and having fun. For ages 2 - 5 with their parent or caregiver.

Wed, Jul 22, 10:30am - 10:50am
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Come enjoy bonding with your baby through rhymes, fingerplays, and books. For babies up to 24 months and their parent or caregiver.

Wed, Jul 22, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Join us for weekly arts & crafts sessions. We will provide the supplies; you come ready to create something wonderful. This will be a self-guided crafting session, show us your creativity! For ages 5 – 12 with parent or caregiver