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SUMMARY:NOT a Book Club - Abingdon's Boardinghouse Murder
DESCRIPTION:Join us on for the first meeting of NOT a BOOK CLUB\, where 
 we pair books with movies or recordings that correspond to the book.  D
 on't have time to read the book in advance?  Maybe the screening will i
 nspire you to go back and read the book.  This month's pairing is...\n_
 ____________\nOCTOBER 23rd @ 6pm – Abingdon's Boardinghouse Murder by 
 Greg Lilly (2024\, eBook available free on Hoopla)\n\nRead the book befo
 re\, or not\, then come watch a screening* of author Greg Lilly presenti
 ng his research\, interviews\, and methodology in writing the book\, pre
 viously recorded by and screened with permission of the College for Olde
 r Adults in Abingdon\, VA.  On a bitter November night in 1945\, a wido
 w shot her young boarder\, a WWII veteran\, and left him to die on the f
 loor of his room. Helen Clark tossed the gun under the neighbor's porch 
 and then took a taxi to join her teen daughters at a movie in Bristol. W
 hen the body was found\, after several conflicting statements\, she sett
 led on the claim that he shot himself four times\, twice in the back. Th
 e Commonwealth of Virginia called it murder in a jealous rage. The trial
  enthralled the nation.  The historical true crime explores the lives a
 nd conflicts of the victim and the accused\, as well as the culture\, lo
 re\, and legends that have grown over the past eighty years. The book is
  nominated for best non-fiction awards for the Agatha (Malice Domestic c
 onvention)\, the Anthony (Bouchercon)\, the Macavity (Mystery Readers In
 ternational) and earned a spotlight by the International Thriller Writer
 s.\n_____________\nAdditional scheduled meetings of NOT a BOOK CLUB incl
 ude:\n\nDECEMBER 18th @ 6pm - The World's Worst Opera Singer\n \nThe BO
 OK:  Florence! Foster!! Jenkins!!! by Darryl W. Bullock (2016\, eBook a
 vailable on free Hoopla) OR the BOOK: Florence Foster Jenkins by Nichol
 as Martin (2016\, eBook &amp\; audiobook available on Hoopla) paired wit
 h the MOVIE:  “The Florence Foster Jenkins Story” documentary* dir
 ected by Ralf Pleger (2022)\n_____________\nFEBRUARY 19th @ 6pm - On th
 e Trail of Murder\n \nThe BOOK: The Monster of Florence by Douglas Pre
 ston (2008\, available as both eBook &amp\; audiobook via Hoopla) paired
  with the MOVIE: “The Monsters of Florence” documentary directed by 
 Paul Russell (2022)\n_____________\nAPRIL16th @ 6pm – A Musical Lege
 nd\n \nThe BOOK: Madonna: Like an Icon by Lucy O’Brien (2009\, eBook
  available free on Hoopla) paired with the MOVIE: “Crazy for Madonna�
 � documentary* directed by Carla Duarte (2021). \n _____________\nHave
  questions?\nContact Rachel Gibson\nAdult Programming Librarian\n(276) 7
 83-2323 ext. 231\nrachelg@scplva.net
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