The Library will be closed Tuesday, December 31st and Wednesday, January 1st, 2025 in observance of New Year's Day.
Alhambra Library's Book Club, the Alhambra Page Turners, is on Zoom! Join us for a lively discussion of the novel The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis on Friday mornings at 11 am.
Soline Roussel is well schooled in the business of happy endings. For generations her family has kept an exclusive bridal salon in Paris, where magic is worked with needle and thread. It’s said that the bride who wears a Roussel gown is guaranteed a lifetime of joy. But devastating losses during World War II leave Soline’s world and heart in ruins and her faith in love shaken. She boxes up her memories, stowing them away, along with her broken dreams, determined to forget.
Decades later, while coping with her own tragic loss, aspiring gallery owner Rory Grant leases Soline’s old property and discovers a box containing letters and a vintage wedding dress, never worn. When Rory returns the mementos, an unlikely friendship develops, and eerie parallels in Rory’s and Soline’s lives begin to surface. It’s clear that they were destined to meet - and that Rory may hold the key to righting a forty-year wrong and opening the door to shared healing and, perhaps, a little magic.
If you would like to join us, we meet Friday mornings at 11am. Email refstaff@alhambralibrary.org to request a Zoom link.