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Mount Auburn Book Club: The Bone Garden

Stephanie Messina, Neighbor

Each month, the Mount Auburn Book Club meets to discuss a selected work related to one of Mount Auburn’s many facets. Selections range from books on history, natural history, horticulture, art, architecture, preservation, and wildlife to books written by or about those now buried and commemorated here. Coffee and tea are provided.



  • Thursday, February 14: In a mystery joining past and present, a skeleton is found in a present-day backyard garden in Boston and is traced back to the 1830s. The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen (2007) includes a young Oliver Wendell Holmes as a medical student. Holmes is buried on Lime Avenue.

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