Brown Bag Book Club: To Kill a Mockingbird

Lunchtime book group for seniors. All are welcome. Bring a bag lunch; we'll provide the beverages. 

"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel—a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice—but the weight of history will only tolerate so much.

One of the best-loved classics of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1960. Its author, Harper Lee, was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 for her contribution to literature.

The program is free and no pre-registration is required.  Seating is limited.