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A copy of The Great Mrs. Elias by Barbara Chase-Riboud stands upright on a wooden table in front of softly blurred library bookshelves. The beige book cover features the title in large brown lettering above a sepia-toned photograph of a woman in profile wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Text on the cover describes it as “a novel based on a true story,” and notes that the author also wrote the international bestseller Sally Hemings. The library setting in the background emphasizes the book as a featured reading recommendation.

Book Discussion: The Great Mrs. Elias

Meeting on the second Thursday of each month at 3:00 p.m, Town Office Building Lobby. Contact us at 802-257-0150 to join and get a book! In August, the group will discuss the historical mystery novel The Great Mrs. Elias by Barbara Chase-Riboud. “Born in Philadelphia in the late 1800s, Hannah Elias has done things she’s not proud of to survive. Shedding her past, Hannah slips on a new identity before relocating to New York City to become as rich as a robber baron. Hannah quietly invests in the stock market, growing her fortune with the help of businessmen. As the money pours in, Hannah hides her millions across 29 banks. Finally attaining the life she’s always dreamed, she buys a…

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Book cover of The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell. Against a black background, a gold spoon hangs vertically in the center of the cover. The spoon’s handle extends upward into the silhouette of a large mansion or estate, while a dark red drop drips from the bowl of the spoon, suggesting mystery or murder. The title appears in large white letters across the center, with the author’s name in orange-red text at the bottom. A review quote from Janet Evanovich appears near the top right, and the words “A Novel” appear near the lower right.

Reading Group: The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell

Meeting on the second Thursday of each month at 3:00 p.m, Town Office Building Lobby. Contact to join and get a book! In July, the group will discuss “The Golden Spoon” by Jessa Maxwell. This locked-room mystery takes place during an annual televised baking competition on a Vermont estate when celebrated baker Betsy Martin, hailed as “America’s Grandmother,” finds murder in the mix when a body is discovered, and everyone is a suspect.

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Book cover of The Guest Book by Sarah Blake. The title appears in large coral-red letters over a misty coastal scene featuring a large seaside mansion on a bluff. In the foreground, a woman in a light pink dress stands barefoot at the edge of the water with her back to the viewer. The author's name, Sarah Blake, appears at the bottom, along with the note “Author of The Postmistress.” The cover also includes the text “New York Times Bestseller” at the top.

Reading Group: The Guest Book by Sarah Blake

Meeting on the second Thursday of each month at 3:00 p.m, Town Office Building Lobby. Contact to join and get a book! In June, the group will discuss “The Guest Book” by Sarah Blake. This historical family saga features a bereaved matriarch of a powerful early-20th-century American family who makes a fateful decision that reverberates throughout two subsequent generations, further impacted by racism, reversed circumstances, and disturbing revelations.

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