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The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Thursday, December 1, 10–11 a.m. / Conference Room H

The House in the Cerulean Sea is an unabashedly optimistic story about a tightly wound caseworker who is pushed out of his comfort zone when he’s sent to observe a remote orphanage for magical children. This breezy and fun contemporary fantasy mixed in with creatures of lore offers a profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place.

READ AND REFLECT BOOK DISCUSSION

How to be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur

Wednesday, December 7, 7–8 p.m. / Cardinal Room

Michael Schur, the creator, and co-creator of The Good Place and Parks and Recreation, crafts a guide to morality by using humor and everyday situations while allowing the reader to relate to and understand deeper ethical questions. Join us as we read and reflect on how Schur’s philosophical ideas and incredibly casual writing style make us all strive for self-improvement.

He Gets That From Me by Jacqueline Friedland

Monday, January 9, 7–8 p.m. / Cardinal Room

Join us to discuss a powerful novel that explores medical ethics, surrogacy and the rights of biological parents. The novel takes a deep dive into what goes wrong—and right—between a surrogate mother and the gay couple whose fertilized eggs she carries. High-energy and immensely readable, He Gets That from

Me explores what it really means to be part of a family.