Adults

Join Johnston County Library for our Let’s Talk About It book discussion with “This is Where I Leave You” by Jonathan Tropper at 6:30 PM on Thursday, April 16th. Dr. Glenn Melancon will serve as the evening’s scholar as we explore the novel’s themes of family, grief, and relationships. Refreshments will be provided by the Johnston County Friends of the Library. Signing up is encouraged.

Judd Foxman’s father’s death brings his estranged family together for the first time in years, except for Judd’s wife, Jen, whose affair has just become public. Grieving both his father and his failed marriage, Judd joins his dysfunctional family to sit shiva for seven chaotic days, where old resentments and secrets surface. Then Jen drops a bombshell: she’s pregnant.

Serving as scholar for the evening is Dr. Glenn Melancon who completed his Ph.D. in European History from Louisiana State University. He is currently a professor at Southeastern State University in Durant. Dr. Melancon is the author of Britain’s China Policy and the Opium Crisis: Balancing Drugs, Violence and National Honor, 1833-1840. He has served as a Cubmaster for a local Boy Scout troop and is a volunteer at St. Mary’s Church.

Books, services, and other materials for this series are provided by Let’s Talk About It, a program of Oklahoma Humanities. Generous funding and support for this series was provided by Kirkpatrick Family Fund, McCasland Foundation, and Oklahoma City University. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in these programs do not necessarily represent those of Oklahoma Humanities.

This program is free and open to the public. Copies of the books are available at the library. For more information, call the Love County Library at (580) 276-3783 or visit us at 500 South Hwy. 77 in Marietta. The Love County Library is a branch of the Southern Oklahoma Library System.