CPL Adult Book Club Meeting
The book selection for the October Cedarburg Public Library Adult Book Club is the non-fiction title Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain. The book club discussion will be led by Community & Adult Services Librarian Rosalia Slawson. Please register using our online event calendar .
Book description:
At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts—Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Steve Wozniak—that we owe many of the great contributions to society.
In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so. She charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the twentieth century and explores how deeply it has come to permeate our culture. She also introduces us to successful introverts—from a witty, high-octane public speaker who recharges in solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking salesman who quietly taps into the power of questions. Passionately argued, superbly researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how they see themselves. (Book description from amazon.com)
Date & Time
October 19, 2015
6:30PM - 7:45PM
More Info
262-375-7640
No cost *Registration required
Library Book Club Book Discussion Cedarburg Public Library Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking Susan Cain Town of Cedarburg City of Cedarburg