Between the Lines Book Club: Dava Shastri's Last Day (APL)

This August, BTL is reading “Dava Shastri’s Last Day” by Kirthana Ramisetti, a novel full of music, magnetism, and familial obligation. Stop in the Aurora or Dillsboro Library to pick up your copy!

Aurora: Thursday, August 24th @ 1 pm
Dillsboro: Friday, August 25th @ 1 pm
Local History Library @ the Depot: Tuesday, August 29th @ 6:30

Anyone 18+ is welcome to attend!

“Dava Shastri, one of the world's wealthiest women, has always lived with her sterling reputation in mind. A brain cancer diagnosis at the age of seventy, however, changes everything, and Dava decides to take her death—like all matters of her life—into her own hands.

Summoning her four adult children to her private island, she discloses shocking news: in addition to having a terminal illness, she has arranged for the news of her death to break early, so she can read her obituaries.

As someone who dedicated her life to the arts and the empowerment of women, Dava expects to read articles lauding her philanthropic work. Instead, her "death" reveals two devastating secrets, truths she thought she had buried forever.
And now the whole world knows, including her children.

In the time she has left, Dava must come to terms with the decisions that have led to this moment—and make peace with those closest to her before it's too late.” -Grand Central Publishing