Discussion of newly announced One Book, One Chicago scheduled in Wicker Park and Bucktown for April 17

The eighteenth selection for One Book, One Chicago program was announced by the Chicago Public Library's Commissioner Mary Dempsey as Colm Toibin's award-winning Brooklyn.  It will be part of the Bucktown-Wicker Park Library book discussion group's monthly meeting on April 17 at 11 a.m. Sign up early.

Set in bustling Brooklyn, NY in the 1950s, the story follows a young Irish woman from a small Irish village who is finding her way in a strange new land. Dempsey declares that the book is, "... a beautifully written compelling novel and thatreaders will fall in love with Toibin's writing as well as his rich characters."  A guide for this book is filled with information about this selection.

Begun in the fall of 2001, the Chicago Public Library's One Book, One Chicago encourages all Chicagoans to read the same book at the same time so that friends and neighbors can have discussions about great literary pieces.

Colm Toibin will discuss his life, work and future with Mary Dempsey on Apr. 21 at 6 p.m. in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium in the Harold Washington Library Center at 400 S. State St. 

The Book Discussion Group at the Bucktown-Wicker Park Branch, 1701 N. Milwaukee, meets on the third Saturday of each month at 11 a.m.  Sign up at the Research Desk.