The Book Beats Book Club will begin reading Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood on May 27th. This “transfixing chronicle” (Publisher’s Weekly) follows author Cheryl Diamond’s unusual childhood as she travels the globe with her fugitive family. 

Make this unique story part of your summer reading experience by joining the Book Beats Book Club! As a member of our literary and lifelong learning community, you'll not only connect with other patrons, you’ll also receive an exclusive invitation to hear directly from Cheryl Diamond during our Livestream "fireside chat" with her on July 21st. 

There is no cost to participate – you just have to secure a copy of the book. Sign up today!  https://www.pbc.guru/masslibrary

The Osterville Village Library will be hosting  Garden Tours in Osterville as part of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival sponsored by the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce on July 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th from 10am to 3pm.

Admission is $5 per garden. Proceeds benefit OVL.  

Please note that this is a rain or shine event!

The Osterville Village Library will be hosting  Garden Tours in Osterville as part of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival sponsored by the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce on July 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th from 10am to 3pm.

Admission is $5 per garden. Proceeds benefit OVL.  

Please note that this is a rain or shine event.

The Osterville Village Library will be hosting  Garden Tours in Osterville as part of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival sponsored by the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce on July 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th from 10am to 3pm.

Admission is $5 per garden. Proceeds benefit OVL.  

Please note that this is a rain or shine event!

The Osterville Village Library will be hosting  Garden Tours in Osterville as part of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival sponsored by the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce on July 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th from 10am to 3pm.

Admission is $5 per garden. Proceeds benefit OVL.  

Please note that this is a rain or shine event!

Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood is a “breathless” story about growing up in a family of outlaws. To the young Cheryl Diamond, life felt like one big adventure, whether she was hurtling down the Himalayas in a rickety car or mingling with underworld fixers. Her family appeared to be an unbreakable gang of five. One day they were in Australia, the next in South Africa, the pattern repeating as they crossed continents, changed identities, and erased their pasts. What Diamond didn’t yet know was that she was born into a family fleeing from the highest international law enforcement agencies, a family with secrets that would eventually catch up to all of them. By the time she was in her teens, Diamond had lived dozens of lives and lies, but as she grew older, love and trust turned to fear and violence, and her family—the only people she had in the world—began to unravel. She started to realize that her life itself might be a big con, and the people she loved, the most dangerous of all. With no way out and her identity burned so often that she had no proof she even existed, all that was left was a girl from nowhere. Surviving would require her to escape, and to do so Diamond would have to unlearn all the rules she grew up with. Wild, heartbreaking, and often unexpectedly funny, Nowhere Girl is an impossible-to-believe true story of self-discovery and triumph.

Cheryl Diamond is now a citizen of Luxembourg and lives between there and Rome. Her behind-the-scenes account of life as a teenage model, Model: A Memoir, was published in 2008. Diamond´s second book, Naked Rome, reveals the Eternal City through the eyes of its most fascinating people. Her new book, Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood, is available now.


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