WATERFORD – The Waterford Library monthly book discussion group meetings are held at the library at 10:30 a.m. on the last Wednesday of each month. All are welcome.

The book chosen for discussion on July 26 is “The Glass Castle.” Author Jeannette Walls chronicles her upbringing at the hands of eccentric, nomadic parents, Rose Mary, her frustrated artist mother, and Rex, her brilliant, alcoholic father. The four Walls children learned to support themselves, eating out of trashcans at school or painting their skin so the holes in their pants didn’t show.

The selection for Aug. 23 is “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” by Lisa See. Set in remote 19th-century China, the novel details the story of lifelong, intimate friends Lily and Snow Flower, their imprisonment by rigid codes of conduct for women and their betrayal by pride and love.

See’s in-depth research into women’s ceremonies and duties in China’s rural interior brings revelations about arranged marriages, women’s inferior status in their natal and married homes, and the Confucian proverbs and myriad superstitions that informed daily life.

The library is open to all residents from 2 to 6 p.m. Mondays, 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to noon Fridays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. to noon Sunday in July and August.