The Big Read selection for 2012 is The Paris Wife by Paula McLain!

This is the eighth year that the libraries are offering The Big Read.  Join this event by visiting one of the participating libraries to borrow a copy. Resource guides are also available at each Big Read library or can be downloaded as a PDF by clicking here.

If you would like to own a copy of the book, you may purchase the book at Anderson’s Bookshops in Downers Grove or Naperville for a 10 percent discount.  Anderson’s Book Club members and shoppers at Barbara’s Bookstore in Burr Ridge get a 20 percent discount, and Frugal Muse in Darien customers receive a 25 percent discount.

Patrons can attend book discussions and programs at any of the participating libraries.

A Visit with Paula McLain

Thursday, May 3, 7 p.m. at Ashton Place, 341 75th Street, Willowbrook, IL

Enjoy the personal reflections of Paula McLain as she discusses her motivation for writing the Paris Wife, her painstaking research, and her remarkable ability to immerse herself in this world she created.

Register online (click here) or by calling your home library.

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The Big Read is a cooperative project of the Clarendon Hills, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Indian Prairie,La Grange, La Grange Park, Lisle, Thomas Ford, Westmont, and Woodridge public libraries that seeks to connect communities through literature. The Big Read encourages patrons at all libraries to read the same book with the goal of promoting reading, sparking discussion, and building community.

Sign up for The Big Read updates at Twitter or follow us on Facebook.  Be sure to pick up The Big Read resource guide in early February. The guide will include information about all programs and book discussions as well as reading resources.