Novel Conversations is a monthly book discussion group fostering dialogue around works of fiction and nonfiction, exploring world literature. The Novel Conversations Book Discussion Group is currently meeting virtually at 4pm on the fourth Wednesday of each month. Book group will meet on the third Wednesdays in November and December due to holidays. All are welcome to join the conversation.

Join the Novel Conversations monthly book discussion online using Zoom. 

The upcoming book selection will be available for pick up any time after the current month’s discussion, during open hours at the Sequim Branch Library. Copies of the book will be available on a first come, first serve basis.

Registration is required to receive Zoom login.

Library staff and volunteers will moderate the discussion. Sign in via Zoom link to see other participants, or call in to join the meeting.  No internet required to connect to the discussion by phone.

The Friend

by Sigrid Nunez

When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building. While others worry that grief has made her a victim of magical thinking, the woman refuses to be separated from the dog.