Turning Pages – A Contemporary Book Group: “Beautyland” by Marie-Helene Bertino (WL)

Explore classic and contemporary fiction and nonfiction from around the world. This group will sample critically acclaimed and prize-winning titles with open and inclusive discussion.

This month’s read: Beautyland, by Marie-Helene Bertino. As Voyager travels out through the solar system, another visitor is headed in to Earth. Born to an impoverished single mom, Adina becomes an observer of humanity, and broadcasts her findings to her interstellar superiors via an old fax machine. Her wise and sometimes funny reports increase as she grows older, but the replies are slowly fading.