5 sessions on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, beginning on December 9th.

THE BOOK CLUB IS NOW FULL.

Join our online book club based on Edith Maxwell’s award-winning Quaker Midwife Mystery series. Learn about what life was like in Amesbury around 1888. Create our book club community by joining in on the discussion.

Each of the five, one-hour book club sessions (December through April) features a historical theme or societal issue for discussion. Read each of Maxwell’s books and the supplemental historical materials to prepare for each session.

All sessions are on Zoom on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30 to 7:30 PM.

Dec. 9, 2020 - Book: Delivering the Truth by Edith Maxwell. Themes: Quakerism, midwifery. Speaker: Edith Maxwell, award-winning mystery writer

Jan. 13, 2021 - Book: Called to Justice by Edith Maxwell. Theme: anti-slavery movement. Speaker: Chris Bryant, President, Whittier Home Association

Feb. 10, 2021 - Turning The Tide by Edith Maxwell. Theme: women’s suffrage. Speaker: Candace Kanes-Murphy, Ph.D., former curator of Maine Memory Network, Maine Historical Society

Mar. 10, 2021 - Charity’s Burden by Edith Maxwell. Theme: lives of mill girls, abortion in the 1880s. Speaker: Elizabeth DeWolfe, Ph.D., Professor of history at the University of New England

Apr. 14, 2021 - Judge Thee Not by Edith Maxwell. Theme: Immigrants. Speaker: Bob Forrant, Ph.D., Professor UMass Lowell History Dept

We hope you can join us!