November’s Open Book Club Title: Meet Me by the Fountain by Alexandra Lange

Open Book Club meets next on Monday, November 6

10:00 – 11:00am at Morningside Branch Library

5:00 – 6:00pm at Aalfs Downtown Library (free parking in the evening)

November’s title is Meet Me by the Fountain by Alexandra Lange

Summary: Few places have been as nostalgized, or as maligned, as malls. Since their birth in the 1950s, they have loomed large as temples of commerce, the agora of the suburbs. In their prime, they proved a powerful draw for creative thinkers such as Joan Didion, Ray Bradbury, and George Romero, who understood the mall’s appeal as both critics and consumers. Yet today, amid the aftershocks of financial crises and a global pandemic, as well as the rise of online retail, the dystopian husk of an abandoned shopping center has become one of our era’s defining images. Conventional wisdom holds that the mall is dead. But what was the mall, really? And have rumors of its demise been greatly exaggerated? 

CLICK HERE to find the book in the Library catalog

Join us the first Monday of the month for lively discussion with fellow reading enthusiasts! Readers gather the first Monday of the month in the morning at the Morningside Branch and in the evening at the Aalfs Downtown Library. Open Book Club is free and open to the public.