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Registration opens:
July 29th, 2025

Popular Fiction Book Discussion

"The Teller of Small Fortunes" by Julie Leong
2025-08-19 18:30:00 2025-08-19 19:30:00 America/New_York Popular Fiction Book Discussion This month's popular fiction title is "The Teller of Small Fortunes" by Julie Leong. This in-person book discussion will be moderated by Bridgewater librarian Yvonne Selander. Bridgewater branch - Frances Greany Learning Garden

Tuesday, August 19
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-08-19 18:30:00 2025-08-19 19:30:00 America/New_York Popular Fiction Book Discussion This month's popular fiction title is "The Teller of Small Fortunes" by Julie Leong. This in-person book discussion will be moderated by Bridgewater librarian Yvonne Selander. Bridgewater branch - Frances Greany Learning Garden

Bridgewater branch

Frances Greany Learning Garden

This month's popular fiction title is "The Teller of Small Fortunes" by Julie Leong. This in-person book discussion will be moderated by Bridgewater librarian Yvonne Selander.

New book discussion participants are always welcome.

Tao is an immigrant fortune teller, traveling between villages with just her trusty mule for company. She only tells "small" fortunes: whether it will hail next week; which boy the barmaid will kiss; when the cow will calve. She knows from bitter experience that big fortunes come with big consequences.

Even if it's a lonely life, it's better than the one she left behind. But a small fortune unexpectedly becomes something more when a (semi) reformed thief and an ex-mercenary recruit her into their desperate search for a lost child. Soon, they're joined by a baker with a "knead" for adventure, and a slightly magical cat. 

Tao starts down a new path with companions as big-hearted as her fortunes are small. But as she lowers her walls, the shadows of her past close in - and she'll have to decide whether to risk everything to preserve the family she never thought she could have.

AGE GROUP: | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Discussion |

TAGS: | #bookdiscussion | #Book Discussion | #book club |

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