Thursday, September 24, 2026 · 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Classroom — 15 Sylvan St., Danvers, MA
Join our new Literary Lounge Book Club where we'll meet in-person every other month on the last Thursday from 10-11am in the Library Classroom. This book group will focus on reading literary fiction titles. Book club titles are on hold & available to pick up at the circulation desk. In September, we will be discussing Girl With A Pearl Earring , by Tracy Chevelier. About the Book: Girl With a Pearl Earring tells the story of Griet, a 16-year-old Dutch girl who becomes a maid in the house of the painter Johannes Vermeer. Her calm and perceptive manner attracts the painter's attention, and he slowly draws her into the world of his paintings — the still, luminous images of solitary women in domestic settings. In contrast to her work in her master's studio, Griet must carve a place for herself in a chaotic household full of children and run by Vermeer's volatile wife and his shrewd mother-in-law. As Griet becomes part of her master's work, their growing intimacy spreads disruption and jealousy within the household and into the outside world. What is literary fiction? The category of Literary Fiction is quite fluid and for the last few decades has easily overlapped with any number of…