Book Club Tour of 🖼️Woodmere Art Gallery and 📚Book Discussion: “Mona’s Eyes”

Join Wendy for a tour of the main art gallery at Woodmere in Chestnut Hill. Before our tour, we’ll meet for lunch to discuss the paired book, Mona’s Eyes. Author Thomas Schlesser’s debut novel tells the story of ten-year-old Mona and her beloved grandfather who have only fifty-two Wednesdays to visit fifty-two works of art and commit to memory “all that is beautiful in the world” before Mona loses her sight forever.

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💰Fee: $5 - fee covers docent tour/tip and any extra supports the club operating costs. Museum admission is free on Sunday. Limit 25. First pay, first go. (Pay Audrey, details below)

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🥙LUNCH: TBD

🖼️TOUR: Woodmere
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
Time: 2-3pm

Join us on a docent-led tour of the main gallery led by one of Woodmere’s knowledgeable docents. After the tour, you can explore the other gallery which houses modern and impressionist art as well as jewelry.

About: Housed in a 19th-century stone mansion on six acres in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Woodmere offers a unique museum experience that centers on the art and artists of Philadelphia. Vibrant exhibitions explore the achievements and social ideas of Philadelphia’s artists in the broader context of American art.
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📚NOVEL: Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser
Genre: Fiction

While the doctors can find no explanation for Mona’s brief episode of blindness, they agree that the threat of permanent vision loss cannot be ruled out. The girl’s grandfather, Henry, may not be able to stop his granddaughter from losing her sight, but he can fill the encroaching darkness with beauty. Every Wednesday for a year, the pair abscond together and visit a single masterpiece in one of Paris’s renowned museums. From Botticelli to Basquiat, Mona learns how each artist’s work shaped the world around them. In turn, the young girl’s world is changed forever by the power of their art. Under the kind and careful tutelage of her grandfather, Mona learns the true meaning of generosity, melancholy, love, loss, and revolution. Her perspective will never be the same—nor will the reader’s.

Happy Reading!
Audrey

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