“Our Towns: A 100,000-mile Journey into the Heart of America” provides a unique portrait of small-town America that is often unseen and unreported on by major media outlets. Compiled over five years the Fallows meet and speak with civic leaders, factory workers, recent immigrants and others to find out what matters to them and their outlook for the future.

Can’t make it to this month’s meeting? Next month the Between the Lines Book Group will be reading: “Astonish Me” by Maggie Shipstead