‘Desert Solitaire’ Topic For Pageturners Discussion

The Pageturners Library Book Club will discuss “Desert Solitaire” by Edward Abbey, Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 10:15 in the Community Room. The discussion will be led by Paula Coomer, an English instructor at Washington State University.
Pageturner discussions are open to any adult reader and are supported by a grant from the Friends of the Library.
The book club is participating in a new “Let’s Talk About It” series with books provided by the Idaho Commission for Libraries and scholars from the Idaho Humanities Council. Additional funding is provided by US Bancorp and the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences.
The theme for this series is “Our Earth, Our Ethics.” Other titles and discussion dates for the upcoming year include: “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,” March 22; “Prodigal Summer,” April 26; and “Solace of Open Spaces,” May 24.
The books in this series are also available in an audio format  through the ICFL’s Talking Books program. To sign up for Talking Books, contact Barbara Brambila-Smith, the Outreach Coordinator for the library, 208-769-2315 Ext. 316. Talking Book participants can call 800-458-3271 to reserve any of the books to be used in the series.