Senior Center Book Club

Join us at the Campbell County Senior Center and Wellness Center for our monthly book club where we will be discussing Lovely War by Julie Berry.

Join us for the Campbell County Senior Center book club as this month we read Lovely War by Julie Berry

It's 1917, and World War I is at its zenith when Hazel and James first catch sight of each other at a London party. She's a shy and talented pianist; he's a newly minted soldier with dreams of becoming an architect. When they fall in love, it's immediate and deep--and cut short when James is shipped off to the killing fields. Aubrey Edwards is also headed toward the trenches. A gifted musician who's played Carnegie Hall, he's a member of the 15th New York Infantry, an all-African-American regiment being sent to Europe to help end the Great War. Love is the last thing on his mind. But that's before he meets Colette Fournier, a Belgian chanteuse who's already survived unspeakable tragedy at the hands of the Germans. Thirty years after these four lovers' fates collide, the Greek goddess Aphrodite tells their stories to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, in a luxe Manhattan hotel room at the height of World War II. She seeks to answer the age-old question: Why are Love and War eternally drawn to one another? But her quest for a conclusion that will satisfy her jealous husband uncovers a multi-threaded tale of prejudice, trauma, and music and reveals that War is no match for the power of Love.

This title is historical fiction, and copies can be picked up at the Cold Spring Branch or the Campbell County Senior Center and Wellness Center which is located at 3504 Alexandria Pike, Highland Heights, KY 41076.

If you have any questions about this program, including accommodations, please contact Clara at csprograms@cc-pl.org.  Please see all our program offerings in our online newsletter at cc-pl.org/connections.