Screening a movie that was adapted from a book. The books are available for checkout a month prior to the meeting. We meet on the second Thursday of the month at 1:30 PM. You do not need to have read the book to come and enjoy the movie. This in-person event is free and open to the public. All are welcome.
October 10: The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
“After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby’s cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby.
“Tom, who keeps meticulous records and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel insists the baby is a “gift from God,” and against Tom’s judgment, they claim her as their own and name her Lucy. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their choice has devastated one of them.” – Amazon
The 2016 movie stars Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vickander, and Rachel Weisz. It is rated PG-13 for thematic material and some sexual content.