ABOUT THE BOOK CLUB
Join us and our friends at the Portland Public Library in reading and discussing novels related to characters and themes in three of Ovations’ Broadway offerings this season. Participants will have a chance to win a free pair of tickets to each show.
Thursday, October 3 from 6 – 7 PM – BROADWAY TITLE: Hadestown
Thursday, November 14 from 6 – 7 PM – BROADWAY TITLE: Dear Evan Hansen
- Thursday, March 5 from 6 – 7 PM – BROADWAY TITLE: The Addams Family
Each session will be held at the Portland Public Library Downtown Library on Monument Square.
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ABOUT THE READING
OCTOBER 3
MEMENTO MORI BY EUNICE HONG
At this Book Club, we will discuss of Memento Mori by Eunice Hong.
Don’t look back.
Did Eurydice want to return from the underworld? Did anybody ask?
In this brilliant portrait of rage and resilience, a Korean woman tries to connect with her younger brother and grapple with family tragedy through bedtime stories that weave together Greek mythology, neuroscience, and tales from their grandmother’s slipping memory.
Recasting the myths of Eurydice, Orpheus, Persephone, and Hades through the lens of a Korean American family, Eunice Hong’s debut novel offers a moving and darkly funny exploration of grief, love, and the inescapability of death.
The author, Eunice Hong will be joining by Zoom!
Eunice Hong is the author of Memento Mori, winner of the Red Hen Press Fiction Award. A serial hobbyist, she weaves scarves and wall hangings that adorn the back of her closet, and sometimes creates jewelry inspired by the ancient world (by which she primarily means Assassin’s Creed Odyssey).
When she isn’t writing, weaving, or brandishing a jewelry torch, Eunice is the director of the Davis Polk Leadership Initiative and lecturer in law at Columbia Law School. She was previously a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, and a law clerk to the Honorable Richard M. Berman in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Eunice received her undergraduate degree from Brown University and her J.D. from Columbia Law School. She resides in New York, New York.
BROADWAY BOOK CLUB FACILITATED BY MARIE ELIZABETH
Marie Elizabeth is a writer, director, and community organizer. Her plays have been staged with the Maine Playwrights Festival, the 24-Hour Theater Project, and PortFringe Festival. She hosts a monthly poetry group and works as a teacher & librarian in Maine.
BOOKS
Check your local library for copies of Memento Mori. Many libraries have physical copies to check out along with digital copies to download on your eReader.
The Portland Public Library offers digital access with both the ebook and audio book available through the Cloud Library App. All you need is an active library membership to access.
See "Hadestown" in Portland
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2024 – 8 PM
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2024 – 1 PM
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2024 – 7 PM
MERRILL AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND
