Christmas Holiday Closings

All Rock Island Library locations, including Library2Go bookmobile routes, are closed for the Christmas holiday on Tuesday, Dec. 24 and Wednesday, Dec. 25. Libraries are open normal hours  Monday and Thursday of Christmas week, but there will be no Goodwill computer assistance program on Dec. 26. 

Stay in touch over the holiday with our digital services and PrairieCat app. Our website "online branch" is always open! 

Alpha Book Club

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adult

Event Details

This month's  Alpha Book Club selection is 2023 novel The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride! All are welcome to join and registration is not required. You may obtain a print copy through our catalog system here or as an eBook or eAudiobook here. If you have any questions or experience difficulty obtaining a copy, please contact Karrah Kuykendall at the number or email listed below.

Join a virtual author chat with author James McBride thanks to the Illinois Libraries Presents group on Wed., Feb. 4th here:

https://www.rockislandlibrary.org/event/ilp-presents-james-mcbride-21333

 

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

When a skeleton is unearthed in the small, close-knit community of Chicken Hill, Pennsylvania, in 1972, an unforgettable cast of characters, living on the margins of white, Christian America closely guard a secret, especially when the truth is revealed about what happened and the part the town's white establishment played in it.

400 pages