Join other readers in their 20s and 30s to discuss "I Cheerfully Refuse" by Leif Enger.
This social book group explores a variety of genres and offers a chance to connect with fellow book enthusiasts. The discussion will take place at Khepri Kitchen + Coffee, located at 106 S Emerson St. in Mount Prospect. The library will provide a round of appetizers for the group; other food and beverages are available for purchase.
Book summary: Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of Rainy, an aspiring musician setting sail on Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. An endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, he seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs, and remote islands of the inland sea. After encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, he eventually lands to find an increasingly desperate and illiterate people, a malignant billionaire ruling class, a crumbled infrastructure, and a lawless society. As his guileless nature begins to make an inadvertent rebel of him, Rainy’s private quest for the love of his life grows into something wider and wilder, sweeping up friends and foes alike in his wake.
We recommend placing a hold on the selected title a month before the meeting for ample reading time. If you'd like to place a hold over the phone, please call the Fiction/AV/Teen desk at 847-590-4070.
106 S Emerson St, Mt Prospect, IL 60056
