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Banning Branch Book Club

Banning Branch Book Club In-Person

Banning Branch Book Club meets the last Thursday of most months. It starts at 5:30PM. The October selection is The Upstairs House by Julia Fine. You can find the book in our collection here.

The Upstairs House by Julia Fine

There’s a madwoman upstairs, and only Megan Weiler can see her.

Ravaged and sore from giving birth to her first child, Megan is mostly raising her newborn alone while her husband travels for work. Physically exhausted and mentally drained, she’s also wracked with guilt over her unfinished dissertation—a thesis on mid-century children’s literature.

Enter a new upstairs neighbor: the ghost of quixotic children’s book writer Margaret Wise Brown—author of the beloved classic Goodnight Moon—whose existence no one else will acknowledge. It seems Margaret has unfinished business with her former lover, the once-famous socialite and actress Michael Strange, and is determined to draw Megan into the fray. As Michael joins the haunting, Megan finds herself caught in the wake of a supernatural power struggle—and until she can find a way to quiet these spirits, she and her newborn daughter are in terrible danger.

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Date:
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Time:
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Time Zone:
Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Banning
Audience:
  Adults     Public  
Categories:
  Adult     Banning     Book Club  
Registrations open at 5:30pm Thursday, September 18, 2025