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Join the HSC leisure book club, Relax and Read, which is a complement to Read and Lead! 

Relax and Read is sponsored by the Robert M. Bird Society, with Library faculty facilitating the book club.

Book Exchange

In 2015 BHSL Staff created a Relax and Read Book Exchange on the 4th floor of the Library in the Recreational Reading area.  Turn to your left once you exit the elevator.  If you see a book in the exchange you'd like to read take it and if you have a book you're finished with leave it, it's that simple.  

Enjoy!

LEISURE BOOK CLUB

Program Overview

TheRelax and Read book club was introduced on the HSC campus in March 2016 as an opportunity for students, staff, and faculty to discuss books that are for leisure reading.

Vote for the next book selection by filling out our form:  Book Suggestion Form

ALL BOOKS HAVE BEEN CLAIMED
Books for this semester are ready now!

The Three Steps to Participating:

  1. Sign up in person at the 3rd floor service desk of the Library, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
    • You must present your OUHSC ID to sign-up and receive one fo the 40 available books, which often go very quickly
    • Due to the limited numbers of books, we request no more than two faculty/staff per department sign up
  2. Enjoy reading!
  3. Join us for a complimentary lunch and book discussion on Thursday, April 30th, Noon - 1:00pm, in the Library Atrium, 2nd Floor of the Library across from the Auditorium.

For more information, please contact Payton-Patterson@ouhsc.edu, Bird Library staff

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BOOK FOR SPRING 2020

The Silent Patient


Book Summary


Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word.

Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.

Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him...

Source: Goodreads Summary