The Ocean City Free Public Library’s first “OC Reads” program concluded Sunday with a presentation by “Shadow Divers” author Robert Kurson.
”OC Reads” is a program designed to bring people together through literature by encouraging them to read the same book and participate in discussions and other events centered on that book.
The program’s first selection, “Shadow Divers,” was a nonfiction page-turner that intertwines the story of scuba divers venturing into dangerously deep water in search of an unknown shipwreck with the story of their quest to learn how the sunken German U-boat came to rest off the coast of New Jersey.
More than 75 people attended Sunday’s presentation by Kurson, who told the audience of his quest to tell the story of the undying passion of the divers in their mission. The divers recognized that they had made a life-changing discovery, and Kurson’s discovery of their story was similarly life-changing, he said.
In addition to Kurson’s lecture and book-signing, the OC Reads program included the showing of “Hitler’s Lost Sub,” a film documentary about the U-boat, and a community discussion of the book.
