Ellen O’Connell, White Plains resident and retired teacher, will moderate a discussion of the novel Afterlife, by Julia Alvarez. In this narrative, published in 2020, the 70-year-old author of the beloved coming of age work, In the Time of the Butterflies, now “turn[s] her focus to the disorienting transition into old age.” The suspenseful and poignant story of immigrant sisterhood, loss, privilege, and moral dilemmas, however, is “anchored in easy humor and sharp observation…” (NYT). This book is available in the Library’s physical collection and on Overdrive/Libby.