Maine Humanities Council — Home of the Harriet P. Henry Center for the Book
One Book: One Community
In these barbaric times what could be a more civilized adventure than for one city’s people to come together to read one book at the same time? A journey on which the travelers bring cultural baggage — background, experience, even language: an adventure of opinion, critical assessment, perhaps even enjoyment! What awaits them at the end? If they have discovered nothing new about literature as a mirror to life, they may by their shared experience have learned new things about themselves and about each other, discoveries that can make for lasting good will.– Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird
Special thanks to Nancy McGinnis, researcher and coordinator for the OBOC website