Located in eastern Connecticut, the Abington Social Library has provided library services to the communities of Abington, Pomfret and neighboring towns for over  200 years. The library is proud of the fact that it served as a women's library in the early 1800's, more than a century before American women had the right to vote. Established in 1793, we are the oldest continuously operating social library in the United States. The Abington Social Library has retained its uniquely rural character while addressing the needs of a modern society.
Our mission has always been to provide a comfortable setting in which people can gather to further their education, obtain information, share and communicate ideas, and enrich their personal lives.
Featured Events
BREAKFAST WITH SANTA
JOIN US FOR SOME HOLIDAY FUN !
Saturday, December 10th at PCS Cafeteria
Breakfast 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Children's Breakfast & Activities Special 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.
TICKET PRICE:
$6.00 Adults, $4.00 Children 10 and under
PARENTS:
Have breakfast with your kids then leave them for 4 hours of
supervised fun, crafts & a movie
while you go shopping, wrap holiday gifts,
or just kick up your feet for a few blessed hours!
Reservations are required for Activities Program.
Space is limited so RSVP early
(860)974-1674 or
b.duncan@pomfretct.org
REGISTRATION FORM
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Proceeds benefit Abington Social Library
Quiet Corner Reads
Presents
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
 BOOK DISCUSSION
December 1st, 6:00 p.m.
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization, and more. Henrietta’s cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can’t afford health insurance. This New York Times bestseller takes readers on an extraordinary journey, from the “colored” ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers filled with HeLa cells, from Henrietta’s small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginia, to East Baltimore today, where her children and grandchildren live and struggle with the legacy of her cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew. It’s a story inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we’re made of. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was featured on over 60 critics’ best of the year lists for 2010.
To find other book discussions and events in the area
go to www.quietcornerreads.org
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