Millcreek Walking Book Club DEC

"The Penelopiad" by Margaret Atwood

Take a walk with us along the paths behind the library (weather permitting—otherwise we’ll use the track inside the Millcreek Recreation Center); then join in our book discussion.

Come join our monthly meeting of the Millcreek Walking Book Club, a collaboration between The Millcreek Branch of the County Library and The Millcreek Recreation Center. We will meet in the Storytime room of the library then take a walk along the paths behind the library (weather permitting—otherwise we’ll use the track inside the Millcreek Recreation Center.) We will then meet back in the Storytime room to discuss the book.

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

In The Odyssey, Penelope is remembered as the endlessly faithful wife who waited twenty years for Odysseus to return from the Trojan War. Margaret Atwood gives Penelope and the twelve maids executed by Odysseus the chance to tell their own stories, revisiting the familiar myth from a decidedly modern perspective. With humor, skepticism, and a sharp eye for power and gender, Atwood asks who gets to tell a story—and what happens when the women left at its margins finally get their say.

Be sure to wear comfortable shoes and bring a water bottle.

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