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King Road Book Club

The Life We Bury by Allen Esk

2025-11-13 14:00:00 2025-11-13 15:00:00 America/New_York King Road Book Club Good conversation, friendly faces and great books - that's what book group is all about. We're looking forward to seeing you at our lively and engaging book discussion. King Road - Conference Room

Thursday, November 13
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-11-13 14:00:00 2025-11-13 15:00:00 America/New_York King Road Book Club Good conversation, friendly faces and great books - that's what book group is all about. We're looking forward to seeing you at our lively and engaging book discussion. King Road - Conference Room

King Road

Conference Room

Good conversation, friendly faces and great books - that's what book group is all about. We're looking forward to seeing you at our lively and engaging book discussion.

The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens

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College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran--and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home, after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder.

As Joe writes about Carl's life, especially Carl's valor in Vietnam, he cannot reconcile the heroism of the soldier with the despicable acts of the convict. Joe, along with his skeptical female neighbor, throws himself into uncovering the truth, but he is hamstrung in his efforts by having to deal with his dangerously dysfunctional mother, the guilt of leaving his autistic brother vulnerable, and a haunting childhood memory. Thread by thread, Joe unravels the tapestry of Carl’s conviction. But as he and Lila dig deeper into the circumstances of the crime, the stakes grow higher. Will Joe discover the truth before it’s too late to escape the fallout?

AGE GROUP: | Adults (18+) |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Groups |

TAGS: | branchbookgroup |

King Road

Phone: 419.259.5380

Hours
Mon, Jul 07 9:00AM to 8:30PM
Tue, Jul 08 9:00AM to 8:30PM
Wed, Jul 09 9:00AM to 8:30PM
Thu, Jul 10 9:00AM to 8:30PM
Fri, Jul 11 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Jul 12 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sun, Jul 13 Closed

About the branch
  • 12 public computers (including 4 iMacs and 8 PC’s)
  • 2 Early Learning computers
  • Interactive screens in children’s area
  • Free Wifi
  • 75-person Mercy Health Community Center /handicapped accessible
  • Faxing, copying, scanning
  • 24/7 Lobby
  • Drive up window to pick up materials
  • Making equipment
  • 150 parking spots/8 additional handicapped accessible
  • 12 bicycle spots

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