The Women’s Bar Association (WBA), Oakland County region of the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, will present its next Book Club online Tuesday, October 8, beginning at 6 p.m. via Zoom.

For the October meeting, the club will be discussing National Book Critics Circle Award Winner and New York Times Bestseller “Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell.  The book provides a fictional account of William Shakespeare’s  and his wife Anne’s grief over the death of their son, Hamnet.

To register for this discussion and receive the Zoom link, email Janine.M.Plourde@gmail.com.

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