Wellness Reads

Wellness Reads is an innovative collaboration between public libraries and Granite VNA Community Health with the intent to bring health and wellness literature to adult patrons and community members. All books selected are recommended by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. Books and other resources designed to assist with this initiative can be found here.

Wellness Reads is a book club centered around health and wellness. Wellness Reads will meet every other month; and selected titles will be available for pick up no less than 6 weeks before each meeting. Guest lecturers who are experts in a particular book's health and wellness topic will attend each meeting to contribute to discussions. Please register to attend.

This month's book selection is The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old by Hendrik Groen and translated by Hester Velmans: "Technically speaking, Hendrik Groen is elderly. But at age 83 and one quarter, this feisty curmudgeon has no plans to go out quietly. Bored of weak tea and potted geraniums, exasperated by the indignities of aging, Hendrik has decided to rebel. He begins writing an exposé: secretly recording the antics of day-to-day life in his retirement home, where he refuses to take himself, or his fellow 'inmates,' too seriously. With an eccentric group of friends, he founds the Old-But-Not-Dead Club, and he and his best friend, Evert, gleefully stir up trouble, enraging the home's humorless director and turning themselves into unlikely heroes. And when a sweet and sassy widow moves in next door, he is determined to savor every ounce of joy in the time he has left, with hilarious and tender consequences. The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen is an inspiring, charming, and laugh-out-loud delight for readers of any age."