The book to be discussed is "The Silent Patient" by Alex Michaelides. Adults are invited to this monthly book discussion program, which is free and open to everyone!
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides is available as a print book, an e-book, a downloadable audiobook, a preloaded audiobook, an audiobook CD, a large print book, and as a Book Club Kit in the Library's collection.
"A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, Alica Berenson lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London's most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Her refusal to talk or give any kind of explanation captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist, begins a search for the truth that leads him down a terrifying path-- and threatens to consume him."
The Wayne Branch Library first opened in December of 1969 in a shopping center located at 7341 Rockville Road. Due to high demand, the storefront space was enlarged in 1973, but the need for more space was evident. A permanent 13,500 square foot location opened in 1984, and the branch remains in that same building today. The Wayne Branch underwent a $1.1 million renovation in 2020 to add more seating and activity space, study rooms, and a quiet reading area, but still features the split design of a separate children's and adult wing.