Book Group Discussion | Thursday, October 22, 2026
In Person
Bag Lunch Book Group
All members of the Saint Anselm College community are invited to attend a book discussion of "Salt Houses" by Hala Alyan.
Copies of the book are available to borrow at the Circulation Desk 4 weeks prior to the event.
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Library Classroom, upper level of Geisel.
Attendees are welcome to bring their lunches to the book group meeting.
Description:
"On the eve of her daughter Alia’s wedding, Salma reads the girl’s future in a cup of coffee dregs. She sees an unsettled life for Alia and her children; she also sees travel, and luck. While she chooses to keep her predictions to herself that day, they will all soon come to pass when the family is uprooted in the wake of the Six-Day War of 1967.
Lyrical and heartbreaking, Salt Houses is a remarkable debut novel that challenges and humanizes an age-old conflict we might think we understand—one that asks us to confront that most devastating of all truths: you can’t go home again" (Goodreads.com).