THOMASTON — Here are some events upcoming this month at the Thomaston Public Library. As always the events at the library are open to the public and the library is handicap accessible.

Thomaston Intergenerational Book Club will discuss Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Sometimes it's the little lies that turn out to be the most lethal, a tragic accident, or just parents behaving badly? What's indisputable is that someone is dead.

But who did what? Big Little Lies follows three women, each at a crossroads:
Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She remembers everything and forgives no one. Her ex-husband and his new wife have moved into her beloved beachside community, and their daughter is in the same kindergarten class as Madeline's youngest (how is this possible?).

Celeste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare. While she may seem a bit flustered at times, those rambunctious twin boys are starting school and Celeste is grappling with how much more she is willing to pay.

New to town, single mom Jane is so young that another mother mistakes her for the nanny. Jane is sad beyond her years and harbors secret doubts about her son. While Madeline and Celeste soon take Jane under their wing, none of them realizes how the arrival of Jane and her inscrutable little boy will affect them all.

Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive. What may seem to be a fluff book suddenly strikes with vicious reality.

On the third Tuesday of every month, the Intergenerational Book Club, a group of men and women of all ages, comes together at the library to share their opinions and ideas about the book selection. Extra copies of the books are purchased by the Friends of the Thomaston Public Library from the Annual Appeal funds and copies are also available on the library's circulating e-readers. We thank you for your donations. All are welcome at the Thomaston Library on May 17 at 2:30 p.m.

If you live in Thomaston and would like to attend but need a ride, please call the library at 354-2453 a week before the discussion date.

Jesse Watson on Perennial Polyculture Design

The library is delighted to offer a program on Polyculture Design by Jesse Labbe-Watson at the Thomaston Public Library, 60 Main Street on May 5 at 6 p.m.

Jesse came to permaculture over the last decade by way of the movements for social and environmental justice. Over the last decade, he has come to agree with the idea that "all the world's problems can be solved in the garden."
In his workshop on May 5, we will look at patterns of forest and plant ecologies and use these as templates for designing edible and ecologically healthy polycultures. We will discuss polyculture design for small-scale garden and large-scale farm production systems.

We will look at plants and the ecological niches they fill and how we can use permaculture design principles to organize these plants into complementary and synergistic patterns in the garden or farm production system.

If you have any questions please call the library at 354-2453. The library is handicap accessible and there's plenty of parking in the rear of the building.

Old Cops: John Ford Sr and Mark Nickerson Speaking at the Thomaston Public Library

The Thomaston Public Library will be presenting an evening with John Ford Sr. and Mark Nickerson on May 11 at 7 p.m. Ford, a retired Maine Warden and Nickerson a retired Maine Trooper bring to us delightful stories of law enforcement "back in the day", their "Blue Lights and Funny Cider" tour. Both are authors and are highly entertaining speaking about times past, quirky and amusing stories and careers they loved.

John Ford Sr. returns to the outdoors of Maine with This Cider Still Tastes Funny! Further Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine, his follow-up to the highly popular and critically acclaimed Suddenly, the Cider Didn't Taste So Good.

Aspiring to follow in his father's footsteps as a member of the Maine State Police, Mark Nickerson led a 28-year career with the Maine State Police, based in Greenville and Unity, Maine. He has written a book of real stories called Blue Lights in the Night.

Please call the library with any questions at 354-2453. The library is handicap accessible and there is parking at the rear of the building at 60 Main St.