True Crime and Mystery
Join our library book group to discuss mystery & crime with fellow enthusiasts!
For the month of June, we will discuss:
The Real Lolita: the Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World
by Sarah Weinman
Combining literary theory and true crime in this speculative account of the 1948 kidnapping of Sally Horner, an 11-year-old New Jersey girl who Sarah Weinman posits was the real-life inspiration for Nabokov's 1955 novel, Lolita.
Join library staff for a book discussion with light refreshments in Corner Books.
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