All are welcome to attend the Reading on the Avenue Book Club, which meets in the Community Room of Willow Glen Library. On Wednesday, October 26, we'll be discussing Growing Up Laughing by Marlo Thomas.

Born to comedy royalty - TV and nightclub star Danny Thomas - Marlo Thomas grew up among legendary funny men, carved much of her career in comedy. Thomas takes us on a funny and heartwarming adventure, from her Beverly Hills childhood, to her groundbreaking creation of That Girl and Free to Be . . . You and Me, to her marriage to talk-show king Phil Donahue. Thomas not only opens the doors on the funny in her own life, but in a series of insightful and hilarious interviews also explores the comic roots of today's most celebrated comedians.