Tuesday, November 10, 2026 · 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Front Porch — 305 Broadway, Methuen, MA
This book group focuses on authors and stories that explore diverse and underrepresented voices and experiences. This month's book is "Leave Your Mess At Home" by Tolani Akinola. A little about the book: A warm, funny and tender debut about the uncomfortable, unbreakable ties of family as four adult siblings come home to confront the state of their own lives and each other The Longe siblings are really botching their parents' American Dream. Sola Longe, eldest daughter, estranged from the family, is secretly back home in Chicago for the first time in a decade. She's a newly single and recently disgraced influencer trying to quietly put her life back together again. But Sola's unexpected return sets her on a crash course toward her other three adult siblings. And when the four of them finally find themselves together again at their Nigerian immigrant parents' Thanksgiving table, a decade's worth of secrets and a lifetime of resentments explode to the fore. Books will be available at the Main Desk for one month before this meeting. New members are always welcome.