Throughout September, Familius will donate a copy of Lisa Sugarman’s “Surviving: Finding Hope After Suicide Loss” to Samaritans Southcoast for each copy purchased online, through the publisher. Sugarman is a board member and Safe Place facilitator. Learn more or purchase the book
The Well Read Wednesdays Nonfiction Book Group will meet Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 6 p.m. in the Marine Room. This month’s selection is “The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth” by Zoë Schlanger. Copies are available at the library. New members are welcome.
Historian Seth Rockman will discuss his book, “Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery,” on Thursday, Sept. 24, from noon to 1 p.m. The event is free. Rockman is a professor of American history at Brown University. His research focuses on slavery, labor, capitalism, and material culture. Published in 2024, " Plantation Goods” examines […]
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