Young Professionals Book Club

Join us for a lively discussion about this intriguing and entertaining mystery!

We will meet at 7 pm on Wednesday, March 16, in meeting room C, in the second floor of the Main branch.

Contact Luisa at lmorenilla [at] hmcpl [dot] org with any questions about the Young Professionals Book Club.

Booklist review of The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch:

"This novel has been popular in Germany since its 2008 publication there, and it’s easy to see why. Set in the mid-1600s in the Bavarian town of Schongau, it features a hangman, Jakob Kuisl, who is asked to find out whether an ominous tattoo found on a dying boy means that witchcraft has come to town. This is no idle fiction. The German rulers were, at the time, heavily involved in the detection, prosecution, and execution of suspect witches. Pötzsch, who is descended from the real-life Kuisl family, does an excellent job of telling the story and supplying the historical backdrop. And his characters—Jakob, the hangman; his daughter, Magdalena; and Simon, the physician’s son—are extremely well drawn and believable. Kudos, too, to translator Chadeayne, who retains the story’s German flavor while rendering the text in smooth and highly readable English. Readers of historical fiction should find this very much to their liking."

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Meeting Room C

After walking through the external doors, you will pass through a second set of internal doors. The stairs are to your left, and the elevator to your right. Meeting Room C is located on the second floor. If coming from the elevator, turn right; if coming from the stairs, walk straight ahead. Walk past the Reference Desk. Meeting Room C is the first glass room on the left.

Learn more at hmcpl.org/main/meetingroomc