Adult Book Discussion
Wed, Nov 25
|RTL Program Center
Time & Location
Nov 25, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
RTL Program Center, 121 Lincoln St, Howard City, MI 49329, USA
About the Event
Join us for an Adult Book Discussion on Wednesday, Nov. 25 from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Reading Room in the Timothy C. Hauenstein Reynolds Township Library. The November book selection is The House of Lincoln by Nancy Horan. Copies are available for checkout.
About the Book
Rich with historical detail, The House of Lincoln is an insightful account of Lincoln's transformative vision for democracy as observed through the eyes of a young immigrant who arrives in Lincoln's home of Springfield, Illinois from Madeira, Portugal.
Showing intelligence beyond society's expectations, fourteen-year-old Ana Ferreira is offered a job in the Lincoln household assisting Mary Lincoln with their boys and with the hosting duties borne by the wife of a rising political star. Ana bears witness to the evolution of Lincoln's views on equality and the Union and observes in full complexity the psyche and pain of his bold, polarizing wife, Mary.…