One Book, One Community
One Book, One Community is an annual community-wide reading event hosted by Geneva Public Library and dedicated to creating a shared conversation through a range of related events and activities for residents of all ages. This event is made possible by generous sponsorships from Friends of Geneva Public Library and the Geneva Library Foundation.
Visit the Library to pick up your copy of our One Book, One Community book selection! Copies will be available as giveaways starting on February 13, 2027 at our kickoff event. One book per person is available while supplies last. Copies will also be available for checkout.
2027 BOOK SELECTION
Before I Forget
by Tory Henwood Hoen
Call it inertia. Call it a quarter-life crisis. Whatever you call it, Cricket Campbell is stuck. Despite working at a zeitgeisty wellness company, the 26-year-old feels anything but well. Still adrift after a tragedy that upended her world a decade ago, she has entered early adulthood under the weight of a new burden: her father’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
When Cricket’s older sister Nina announces it is time to move Arthur from his beloved Adirondack lake house into a memory-care facility, Cricket has a better idea. In returning home to become her father’s caretaker, she hopes to repair their strained relationship and shake herself out of her perma-funk. But even deeply familiar places can hold surprises.
As Cricket settles back into the family house at Catwood Pond—a place she once loved, but hasn’t visited since she was a teenager—she discovers that her father possesses a rare gift: as he loses his grasp of the past, he is increasingly able to predict the future. Before long, Arthur cements his reputation as an unlikely oracle, but for Cricket, believing in her father’s prophecies might also mean facing the most painful parts of her history. As she begins to remember who she once was, she uncovers a vital truth: the path forward often starts by going back.
With laugh-out-loud humor and profound grace, Before I Forget explores the nuances of family, the complexities of memory, and how sometimes, the people we know the best are the ones who surprise us the most.
EVENTS
One Book, One Community Kickoff
Saturday, Feb 13 • 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Join us for our 6th annual One Book, One Community event. Participate in our community art project, pick up your book, and join the reading adventure!
A Conversation with Tory Henwood Hoen, Author of Before I Forget
Sunday, April 11 • 1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Celebrate the finale of Geneva's One Book, One Community event with author Tory Henwood Hoen. Learn about her writing process, characters, and more!