MCPL Book Clubs: Feb. 2025

Marathon City Book Club: The Woman
They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore
Mon. 2/10. 5:45 p.m. 715-443-2775. MCPL Marathon City
In 1860, Elizabeth Packard, committed to an insane asylum by her traitorous husband, becomes a champion for the many rational woman on her ward, discovering that the merit of losing everything is that you then have nothing to lose.
Edgar Book Club:

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Tues. 2/11. 12:00 p.m. 715-352-3155. MCPL Edgar
The host of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah recounts his coming of age in apartheid South Africa and its aftermath, highlighting the absurdities of modern political and social systems.
Hatley Book Club: Hidden
Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Tues. 2/11. 1:00 p.m. 715-446-3537. MCPL Hatley
A compelling account of NASA’s African-American women mathematicians, highlighting their pivotal yet unheralded contributions to America’s space program despite segregation under Jim Crow laws.
Athens Book Club: Wandering Stars
by Tommy Orange
Tues. 2/11. 2:00 p.m. 715-257-7292. MCPL Athens
Tracing the legacies of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre to Orvil Red Feather’s shooting, Opal strives to hold the family together as Orvil turn to prescription drugs, and his brother, battling PTSD, performs secret blood rituals to connect with their Cheyenne heritage.
Spencer Book Club: The All-Girl Filling
Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
Mon. 2/17. 1:00 p.m. 715-659-3996. MCPL Spencer
A novel spanning decades, generations and America in the 1940s and today, centers around five women who worked in a Phillips 66 gas station during the WWII years.
Mosinee Book Club: The Good Son
by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Mon. 2/17. 2:00 p.m. 715-693-2144. MCPL Mosinee
When her son is released from prison after serving time for the negligent homicide of his girlfriend, Thea is committed to helping him make amends until attempts on their lives are made, leading her to believe that those who are threatening them have something to hide.
Stratford Book Club: The Heaven & Earth
Grocery Store by James McBride
Wed. 2/19. 1:00 p.m. 715-687-4420. MCPL Stratford
In 1972, a skeleton unearthed in Chicken Hill, Pennsylvania, reveals a long-held secret, exposing the role of the town’s white establishment and the guarded lives of those on the margins of white, Christian America.
Rothschild Book Club: Tomorrow, and
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Wed. 2/26. 11:00 a.m. 715-359-6208. MCPL Rothschild
Two lifelong friends, propelled to stardom by their legendary collaboration, soon learn that success, brilliance, and wealth can’t shield them from creative ambition or heartbreak.