Cyndi Larsen

Mon., May 4, 2026 at 2 PM: Girl at War by Sara Nović When her happy life in 1991 Croatia is shattered by civil war, 10-year-old Ana Jurić is embroiled in a world of guerilla warfare and child soldiers before making a daring escape to America, where years later she struggles to hide her past. […]

Tues., May 19, 2026 at 7 PM: I’ll Be You by Janelle Brown An identical twin and former child TV star reassesses the complicated bond with her estranged sister after their panicked father says she stopped answering her phone and has checked into a mysterious spa in Ojai that might be a cult. This is […]

Tues., Jun. 23, 2026 at 7 PM: The Nowhere Child by Christian White A young woman's life is turned upside down when she discovers that she may have been abducted in early childhood by her recently deceased mother. This is an in-person book discussion led by librarian Cyndi Larsen featuring psychological thrillers. Copies will be available […]

Mon., Jul. 6, 2026 at 2 PM: More Than I Love My Life by David Grossman Thirty-year-old Gili seeks to make a film that might help explain her life and embarks on an unlikely journey with her grandmother, Vera, to a barren island off the coast of Croatia where Vera was imprisoned and tortured for […]

Tues., Jul. 28, 2026 at 7 PM: Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian MacAllister After witnessing her teenage son kill a man, a mother falls asleep in despair, wakes up and it is yesterday, and wakes up again and it is the day before yesterday, getting chance after chance to stop the murder and save […]