One Book, One Lower Merion

One Book One Lower Merion will be back this fall! On Sunday, November 12th at 2 pm, award-winning local author Sara Novic will discuss her New York Times bestseller TRUE BIZ. This unforgettable journey into the deaf community follows three characters whose lives are linked through a school for the deaf and follows them through many experiences including civil and disability rights, sign language and lip-reading, and first love and loss. The book has been described as brilliant and electrifying; it is sure to give readers insights and knowledge. This presentation is free to the public and supported by the Lower Merion Library System.

To register for OBOLM Events, please visit https://bit.ly/obolm23

OBOLM Through The Years

  • Crossing the Line by Kareem Rosser – October 2022
  • You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation by Paul A. Offit, M.D.- November 2021
  • Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens – October/November 2019
  • An American Marriage by Tayari Jones – October/November 2018
  • Pandora’s Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong by Paul A. Offit, M.D. – November 2017
  • The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead – November 2016
  • The Last Flight of Poxl West by Daniel Torday – November 2015
  • Visible City by Tova Mirvis – November 2014
  • The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout – November 2013
  • Doc by Mary Doria Russell – November 2012
  • A Rope and a Prayer: A Kidnapping from Two Sides by David Rohde and Kristen Mulvihill – March 2011
  • Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier – October/November 2010
  • North River by Pete Hamill – January 2010
  • People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks – January 2009
  • In An Instant by Bob and Lee Woodruff – November 2007
  • Marley & Me by John Grogan – November/December 2006
  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini – November/December 2005

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Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

One Book, One Lower Merion

One Book One Lower Merion will be back this fall! On Sunday, November 12th at 2 pm, award-winning local author Sara Novic will discuss her New York Times bestseller TRUE BIZ. This unforgettable journey into the deaf community follows three characters whose lives are linked through a school for the deaf and follows them through many experiences including civil and disability rights, sign language and lip-reading, and first love and loss. The book has been described as brilliant and electrifying; it is sure to give readers insights and knowledge. This presentation is free to the public and supported by the Lower Merion Library System.

To register for OBOLM Events, please visit https://bit.ly/obolm23

OBOLM Through The Years

  • Crossing the Line by Kareem Rosser – October 2022
  • You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation by Paul A. Offit, M.D.- November 2021
  • Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens – October/November 2019
  • An American Marriage by Tayari Jones – October/November 2018
  • Pandora’s Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong by Paul A. Offit, M.D. – November 2017
  • The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead – November 2016
  • The Last Flight of Poxl West by Daniel Torday – November 2015
  • Visible City by Tova Mirvis – November 2014
  • The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout – November 2013
  • Doc by Mary Doria Russell – November 2012
  • A Rope and a Prayer: A Kidnapping from Two Sides by David Rohde and Kristen Mulvihill – March 2011
  • Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier – October/November 2010
  • North River by Pete Hamill – January 2010
  • People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks – January 2009
  • In An Instant by Bob and Lee Woodruff – November 2007
  • Marley & Me by John Grogan – November/December 2006
  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini – November/December 2005