One Book, One Community is back!
After the first successful city-wide reading event last fall, the Danbury Library, Danbury High School and Western CT State University are happy to announce Danbury's second One Book, One Community event. In a dramatic change of gears, the 2009 Steering Committee has chosen a work of nonfiction (after last year's novel The Namesake), Michael Greenberg's memoir Hurry Down Sunshine. It tells the story of the extraordinary summer when, at the age of fifteen, Greenberg's daughter Sally was struck mad. It begins with her visionary crack-up on the streets of Greenwich Village, and continues, among other places, in the out-of-time world of a Manhattan psychiatric ward during the city's most sweltering months. A variety of programs that focus on the book itself and the broader topic of mental health will be presented during the month of October, including book discussions, movies, a health fair, and an apprearance by Greenberg himself. For full details, visit the OBOC website. And be sure to check out a copy of the book from our special OBOC display at the front of the library (we actually recommend that you place a hold on a copy, since only 9 of our 100 copies are on the shelf today), which includes books as well as the full-color brochure that lists all of the events.