Zoom Program: Book Club: The Boy at the Keyhole by Stephen Giles

Tuesday, October 6, 2020
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

What books have you been reading this month? We can talk about The Boy at the Keyhole or any books that have been keeping you interested. Let’s talk about something that brings us all together, our love of books. If you have any questions please contact Valerie Davis at vdavis@cc-pl.org.

This is a live program that will be conducted via Zoom, a free online video conferencing
platform. Registration is required. On the day of the program, we will email you with the link to join the live program. You are not required to have a Zoom account . If you would like to create a free account though, you may do so at https://zoom.us/signup.

If you have any questions, please contact Valerie at vdavis@cc-pl.org

Nine-year-old Samuel lives alone in a once great estate in Surrey with the family’s housekeeper, Ruth. His father is dead and his mother has been abroad for five months, purportedly tending to her late husband’s faltering business. She left in a hurry one night while Samuel was sleeping and did not say goodbye.

Beyond her sporadic postcards, Samuel hears nothing from his mother. He misses her dearly and maps her journey in an atlas he finds in her study. Samuel’s life is otherwise regulated by Ruth, who runs the house with an iron fist. Only she and Samuel know how brutally she enforces order.

As rumors in town begin to swirl, Samuel wonders whether something more sinister is afoot. Perhaps his mother did not leave, but was murdered—by Ruth.

Newport Branch