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OCFPL Book Club - January

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 Welcome to the 2023 OCFPL Book Club season. We chose quite the range of books this year. We hope you can join us in our monthly virtual discussions as we set off on this year's reading adventure. 

This month we discussed The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan. Overall many members of our book club enjoyed this book. They loved how the stories of the various characters intertwined with each other. Bridging the past to the present. Going back and forth with these stories at first does not make sense until the end, when the final puzzle piece is placed do you see the whole picture and it is quite delightful to see all that unfold. 

One of the elements of this book is the story of how random things that are found have stories to them. A lost puzzle piece found on the road or a random hair bobble found on the ground in the park may mean nothing to a simple person who may walk right past it. Yet  for Anthony, our keeper of lost things, revered these items. Carefully recorded where and when he found them. Knowing that one day, someone may find it. After all, someone who is a keeper of things knows that losing something of value, even if it means something insignificant to anyone else, could be a whole treasure, a cruel trick, or a love lost in the smallest of objects. 

We see the growth of Laura, who takes over for Anthony, grow in a person full of self-doubt and zero confidence to a woman with purpose who is regaining their former spirit. Eunice and her love of her life. So many other characters and how they were all somewhat lost but have all been found. After all St. Anthony is the Patron Saint of Lost Things. 

Check out this book here: Keeper of Lost Things

If you would like to join us for our other meetings sign up here: https://www.oceancitylibrary.org/events/ocfpl-book-club-2023

See you next month!

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