Bixby Book Club- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
January 13, 2026 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Calling all readers! The Bixby Book Club meets the second Tuesday of every month at 6pm. We read a variety of books, spanning the genres of contemporary, literary, and historical fiction, as well as non-fiction, biography, and classics. Didn’t read or finish the book? No worries! This is a no-judgement book club.
This meeting will be held in the library’s Community Room, if available, or the Vermont Room.
Plenty of copies of books are available at the circulation desk for all who would like to read one- for those attending book club as well as those reading on their own. They can also be reserved by emailing Martha at Martha.Sanborn@bixbylibrary.org
View a list of 2025 reads here.
The book for January is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith.
Book Description:
“One of the books of the century”-NYPL. Classic published in 1943.
For Francie Nolan, growing up in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for the family’s erratic and eccentric behavior- such as her father’s taste for alcohol and Aunt Sissy’s habit of marrying serially without the formality of divorce. No one could say the Nolans’ life lacked drama. By turns overwhelming, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the Nolan’s’ daily experiences are raw with honesty and tenderly threaded with family connectedness
