��������

Are you looking to connect with others? Do you love reading all kinds of books? If you answered yes, the Community Book Club is for you! The November/December book is A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman.

Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon—the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him “the bitter neighbor from hell.” But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn’t walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?

Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove’s mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents’ association to their very foundations.

The Community Book Club will meet via Zoom on Thursday, November 21 and Thursday, December 5, from 6–7:30 p.m.

To register, please send an email to abunton1@iit.edu, and you will receive the meeting credentials.