All LA County Library locations will be closed on Friday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. Our Digital Library is open 24/7.
Book Club discussion of Infinite Country by Patricia Engel. For adults.
Talia is being held at a correctional facility for adolescent girls in the forested mountains of Colombia after committing an impulsive act of violence that may or may not have been warranted. She urgently needs to get out and get back home to Bogotá, where her father and a plane ticket to the United States are waiting for her. If she does make it to Bogotá, will she trade the facts of her father and life in Colombia for the distant vision of her mother and siblings in North America? -- adapted from jacket
Pick up your copy of Infinite Country by Patricia Engel and the discussion questions at the Customer Service Desk.
The La Crescenta Library Book Club meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 7:45. New members are always welcome.
Upcoming selections are as follows:
Tuesday, August 22, 2023 - Greenwood by Michael Christie
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 - Maame by Jessica George
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 - Hello Beautiful by Ann Napalitano
Tuesday, November 9, 2023 - Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley
Tuesday, December 16, 2023 - End of The Year Wrap Up
If you have any questions or need more information about the book club, please contact Marta Wiggins at mwiggins@library.lacounty.gov.
This event is held in-person. LA County Public Health strongly encourages masks and physical distancing indoors regardless of vaccination status. Masks will continue to be available for customers upon request.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Books, Poetry, & Writing |
TAGS: | Summer Discovery Program | Book Club |
La Crescenta Library first opened in November 1914 as the 78th branch of the Los Angeles County Public Library. The collection was first housed in a local church building, and subsequently moved several times; once into a school house, later into a local store front, and into the Sears building in 1926.
By 1932, the library had settled into a building at 3930 La Crescenta Avenue. As the population of La Crescenta grew, so to did the demand for a new building. The library found an appropriate site on the corner of Foothill Blvd and La Crescenta Ave, and opened in March of 1963.
By 2005 the population had once again outgrown the library's space, so the La Crescenta community sought a new building. Thanks to funding from Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, and Congressman David Dreier, the County of Los Angeles was able to construct an updated facility in its current location.
The building broke ground in 2007, and reopened in January 2010. The new 14,000 square foot facility, built in the style of the arts and crafts movement, features modern technology and meeting space open to the public.
