• By Michael Ackerman
• Posted Thursday, December 13, 2018

Southside Book Club: A Simple Favor

Monday, January 14 at 6:00 p.m. at the Southside Branch Library

Join the Southside Branch Book Club for a discussion of A Simple Favor by Darcey Bell, the domestic thriller that was recently adapted into a major motion picture starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick.

It starts with a simple favor—an ordinary kindness mothers do for one another. When her best friend Emily asks Stephanie to pick up her son Nicky after school, she happily says yes. Nicky and her son Miles are classmates and best friends, and the five-year-olds love being together—just like she and Emily. A widow and stay-at-home mommy blogger living in woodsy suburban Connecticut, Stephanie was lonely until she met Emily, a sophisticated PR executive whose job in Manhattan demands so much of her time.

But Emily doesn’t come back. She doesn’t answer calls or return texts. Stephanie knows something is terribly wrong...

Light refreshments will be provided. Call Michael at 336-703-2985 for more information and to reserve a copy of the book.