* FRUITLANDS READS BOOK GROUP THE VISIONIST-A Novel by Rachel Urquhart (at Fruitlands Museum)
FRUITLANDS READS BOOK GROUP THE VISIONIST-A Novel by Rachel Urquhart
Sunday, July 10, 2-3PM
After 15-year-old Polly Kimball sets fire to the family farm, she and her young brother find shelter in a Massachusetts Shaker community called the City of Hope. It is the Era of Manifestations, when young girls in Shaker enclaves all across the Northeast are experiencing extraordinary mystical visions, earning them the honorific of “Visionist” and bringing renown to their settlements. The City of Hope has not yet been blessed with a Visionist, but that changes when Polly arrives and is unexpectedly exalted. Join us under the apple tree at the Shaker Museum for a discussion of this enthralling account of a unique time and place in history.