Brookline Reads Panel Discussion: “Born to be Bad? Ethics, Parenting and the Law”

The Brookline Library Trustees would like to invite you to our Brookline Reads programing. "Defending Jacob," by William Landay, is the book that we’ve chosen to focus the whole town’s attention on this year.  A novel set in Newton, it describes a prosecutor whose teen-aged son is charged with murdering a classmate.  It’s both a good read and raises serious issues about parenting, juvenile justice, and the nature of evil, which will be considered in a number of thought- provoking programs:

Feb. 24:  panel discussion: “Born to be Bad?  Ethics, Parenting and the Law”
7 PM, Hunneman Hall, Main library
Panelists: Hon. Isaac Borenstein, Andrew Clark, MD, Ron Schouten, MD, Jonathan Shapiro, J.D.
Moderator:  Hank Phillippi Ryan

Mar. 6:   film screening:  “The Good Son”
7 PM, Coolidge Corner Library

Mar. 12:  “An Evening with William Landay”—a discussion and book signing by the book’s author, a Brookline-born, Yale and BC-trained former prosecutor
7 PM, Brookline High School Auditorium

Find out more at the Brookline Reads blog: http://brooklinereads.wordpress.com