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Amazing things happen when a community reads together. Sharing the experience of reading (or listening) to a book simultaneously helps develop a common language and enables conversations about the content of the work as well as life in general. The more we read, the more empathy we have for people in situations much different than our own. St. Joseph is a community that reads, and invites you to join us as WE READ a book together.
For 2026, we have selected the book Theo of Golden by Allen Levi, for our Community Reads Program. More details to come soon!
BOOK SUMMARY: One spring morning, a stranger named Theo arrives in the small Southern city of Golden. He doesn't explain much about where he came from or why he's there—but when he visits the local coffeehouse, where pencil portraits of the people of Golden hang on the walls, he begins purchasing them, one at a time, and giving each portrait to the person depicted. In exchange, he asks only for the person's story. And so portrait by portrait, person by person, secrets are revealed, regrets are shared, and ordinary lives are profoundly altered.
A story of giving and receiving, of seeing and being seen, Theo of Golden is an unforgettable novel about the power of generosity, the importance of connection, and the quiet miracles that happen when we choose kindness and wonder. (from Amazon)
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CALL FOR SUGGESTIONS! Do you have a title you would like to suggest for our next Community Read? Send an email to stjosephreads@gmail.com with your name, contact info, and the name of the book, and the committee will add it to the list to review.
Community Reads History - A list of the titles selected in previous years.
2024 -- A Deceptive Homecoming by Anna Loan-Wilsey
2025 -- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
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