In Person: Special Book Group: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

As part of our series Seeing Beyond: The works and Vision of H.G. Wells, the library will have a one-time book group to discuss The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. It is a lavish historical drama reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. Adult Services Librarian Kelly-Ann Gardella will facilitate the discussion.

Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of several novels, including Velvet Was the Night, Mexican Gothic, Gods of Jade and Shadow and Untamed Shore. She has also edited a number of anthologies, including the World Fantasy Award-winning She Walks in Shadows (a.k.a. Cthulhu's Daughters). Mexican by birth, Canadian by inclination.

"The brilliant and unstoppable Silvia Moreno-Garcia continues to weave her magic in this smart, sinister fable about social inequality and exploitation, isolation and abuse of power. Morena-Garcia has given us an extraordinary heroine in Carlota, a young woman who can't know until she's tested how much power is hers to claim. Both lacerating and deeply empathetic, the story satisfies the reader on every page." -Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife

The library will have copies to borrow or can help you to get one from another library.

This program is part of our H.G. Wells series, made possible by the generosity of the Friends of the Ridgefield Library.

Please register below.