Join Burr and Burton Academy science teacher and food & farm system coordinator Nora Hefner for a discussion of the NEA Big Read book, Lab Girl. Read the book, then gather with friends and neighbors to discuss the themes explored in it. Pick up your free copy of this NEA Big Read at the Library or at Merck Forest & Farmland Center today!

About the Book:

An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime friendship; and a stunningly fresh look at plants that will forever change how you see the natural world. Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she’s studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Her first book is a revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also so much more. Lab Girl is a book about work, love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two