Book Club

6:30 – 8:30pm

Tuesday, January 20, 2026. 6:30-8:30 pm; Heart, Be at Peace: A Novel by Donal Ryan, published 2025, winner of the Irish Book of the Year; 208 pp. From the author of The Spinning Heart, which we read in 2017, this is his new novel about smalltown Ireland that explores a community on the mend and the power of love and trauma to both bring people together and divide them. A stunning, lyrical novel told in 21 voices, it reveals a community that looks to overcome the betrayals, secrets, and grudges that can divide families, neighbors, and entire generations. (Book recommended by Maureen Moore)