The book chosen by the Millicent Library Book Club is one that has been nominated by PBS’s Great American Read, “The Martian” by Andy Weir. The selection will be discussed at Fairhaven’s Millicent Library, 45 Center St., Fairhaven, on Thurs., 9/20, at 10 a.m., in the library’s meeting room. Use Walnut Street entrance. Accessible.
Astronaut Mark Watney has been stranded on Mars because his crew was forced to evacuate after a sandstorm while thinking him dead. He must use his ingenuity and engineering skills to contact Earth and try to stay alive in Mars’s unforgivable environment.
The discussion is free and open to the public. The book is available at the Millicent Library or through the Library’s web site, http:// millicentlibrary.org (click on catalog). Please call Norma Markey at (508) 993-3745.
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