Wednesday, May 22: 2:00 – 3:30 PM
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn By, Betty Smith: Led by Mark Schenker
Free – Live, In-Person & Live on Zoom: Registration required for In-Person

Mark Schenker returns to the Oliver Wolcott Library to lead discussions on two 20th c. American novels by women: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943) by Betty Smith (1896-1972) and The Optimist’s Daughter (1972) by Eudora Welty (1909-2001). Despite their differences in setting—Brooklyn in the early decades of the 20th century and rural Mississippi in the mid-20th century—these two prize-winning novels use autobiographical material to engage issues of family life, the complex nature of the past, and the transcendence of grief.

Oliver Wolcott Library
160 South Street
Litchfield, CT 06759
https://www.owlibrary.org/adult-events.aspx