This program will take place over-the-phone as well as in-person at our Glenview office. 

Please direct all program inquiries and RSVPs to Melissa Wittenberg at T: (847) 510-2060 or melissa.wittenberg@chicagolighthouse.org.

CALL-IN INSTRUCTIONS: After you RSVP for any/all programs that you’d like to participate in, here’s how to call into each of the programs – we will use the same call-in number for all programs: To join any of the programs over-the-phone, dial 872-242-7995. It will then ask you to enter the Conference ID  737 107 407 followed by #. It will ask if you are the meeting organizer and since you are not, continue waiting and shortly after that you will be admitted into the program.

Most participants will use the free Talking Books player. The audio book player will be mailed to you at no cost, as well as all audio books. We can help you complete an application if you are not yet enrolled in the program. Please RSVP to Melissa in advance at: (847) 510-2060.

This month, we will discuss the novel, Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett, book #DB107640 in the TBBS catalog,  listening time 11 hours. Natural-born healer Emma Starling once had big plans for her life, but she’s lost her way. A medical school dropout, she’s come back to small-town Everton, New Hampshire to care for her father, who is dying from a mysterious brain disease. Clive Starling has been hallucinating small animals. Emma arrives home knowing she must face her dad’s illness, her mom’s judgment, & her younger brother’s recent stint in rehab, but she’s unprepared to find that her former best friend from high school is missing, with no one bothering to look for her. The police say they don’t spend much time looking for drug addicts. Emma’s dad is the only one convinced the young woman might still be alive, & Emma is hopeful he could be right. Someone should look for her, at least. Emma isn’t really trying to be a hero, but somehow, she & her father bring about just the kind of miracle the town needs. Set against the backdrop of a small town in the throes of a very real opioid crisis, Unlikely Animals is a tragicomic novel about familial expectations, imperfect friendships, & the possibility of resurrecting that which had been thought irrevocably lost.

RSVP at: (847) 510-2060.