The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen

Tuesday

July 17, 2012

7:00

Thirty-year-old Willa Jackson might be returning to her rural North Carolina home to escape her failed marriage, but what awaits her is anything but a smooth, quiet healing period. Instead, Willa tosses herself into a 75-year-old murder mystery and a developing relationship with a local benefactor. This novel by Sarah Addison Allen (The Girl Who Chased the Moon; Garden Spells; The Sugar Queen) contains a poignant mix of human drama, sibling feuds, and Southern hospitality. 

Meetings are the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm Please pre-register by calling 419-586-4442 or emailing Connie Gray at grayco@oplin.org

The Pioneer Woman by Ree Drummond

Tuesday

June 19, 2012

7:00 pm

The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels,  A Love Story

Popular blogger and cookbook author, Ree Drummond, shares the story of her courtship and marriage to her husband, whom she refers to as “Marlboro Man”. Though Drummond grew up in Oklahoma, she never imagined she'd end up there for good. After four years of college in Los Angeles, she was only making a pit stop home before moving to Chicago. A chance encounter with a devastatingly masculine cowboy in a local bar changes everything. A rancher with deep roots in the land he works, Marlboro Man isn't going anywhere, which means Drummond has to decide whether, to be with him, she's willing to give up her dream of moving to Chicago. By the time Marlboro Man proposes, the decision is made, and she prepares to marry the love of her life and discover what being a rancher's wife will entail. Charming and bright, Drummond's story will be an inspiration to those who despair of finding old-fashioned, lasting love. 

Meetings are the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm 

Please pre-register by calling 419-586-4442 or emailing Connie Gray at grayco@oplin.org

NIGHT ROAD by Kristin Hannah

Tuesday, May 15

7:00

Jude Farraday has always put her children’s needs above her own, and it shows—her twins, Mia and Zach—are bright and happy teenagers.  When Lexi Baill moves into their small, close knit community, no one is more welcoming than Jude. Lexi, a former foster child, quickly becomes Mia’s best friend. Then Zach falls in love with Lexi and the three become inseparable. On a hot summer’s night one decision will change the course of their lives. In the blink of an eye, the Farraday family will be torn apart and Lexi will lose everything. In the years that follow, each must face the consequences and find a way to forget…or the courage to forgive. This is Kristin Hannah at her very best, telling an unforgettable story about the longing for family, the resilience of the human heart, and the courage it takes to forgive the people we love.

Meetings are the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm Please pre-register by calling 419-586-4442 or emailing Connie Gray at grayco@oplin.org 

TURN OF MIND by ALICE LAPLANTE

Tuesday,

April 17, 2012

7:00 pm

The bestseller, Turn of Mind is a literary thriller about a retired orthopedic surgeion suffering from dementia and accused of killing her best friend. LaPlante's debut novel brings us deep into a brilliant woman's deteriorating mind, where the impossibility of recognizing reality can be both a blessing and a curse.

Meetings are the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pmPlease pre-register by calling 419-586-4442 or emailing Connie Gray at grayco@oplin.org

The Good Daughters by Joyce Maynard

Tuesday

March 20, 2012

7:00 pm

Two families, the Planks and the Dickersons, are mysteriously entwined in this novel that centers on decades of life at a New Hampshire farm. Youngest daughters Ruth Plank and Dana Dickerson, born on the same in the same hospital, take turns narrating the struggles they face as children. The lives of the "birthday sisters" parallel and oddly intersect, as each struggles to find her place in a world in which she has never truly felt she belonged. sharing little except a birth date--and a love for Dana's wild and beautiful older brother, Ray--two virtual strangers will travel alternate paths winding through first love, first sex, marriage, parenthood, divorce, and trace loss...until both are forced to reevaluate themselves and each other when past secrets and forgotten memories unexpectedly come to light.


Meetings are the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm Please pre-register by calling 419-586-4442 or emailing Connie Gray at grayco@oplin.org

Plainsong by Kent Haruf

Tuesday, February 21

7:00 pm

The story of how seven extraordinary members of a tiny prairie community - two dedicated teachers, two young boys wise beyond their years, a pair of wonderfully idiosyncratic rancher brothers and a pregnant high school girl - come together, in the face of great difficulties, to form the most apealing extended family in contemporary fiction.

Meetings are the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm

Please pre-register by calling 419-586-4442 or emailing Connie Gray at grayco@oplin.org

The Last Child by John Hart

January 17th

@ 7:00 pm

Johnny Merrimon, 13, had the perfect life: a warm home and loving parents; a twin sister, Alyssa, with whom he shared an irreplaceable bond. He knew nothing of loss, until the day Alyssa vanished from the side of a lonely street. Now, a year later, Johnny finds himself isolated and alone, failed by the people he’d been taught since birth to trust. No one else believes that Alyssa is still alive, but Johnny is certain that she is --- confident in a way that he can never fully explain. Determined to find his sister, Johnny risks everything to explore the dark side of his hometown. A powerful story of loss, hope, and courage in the face of evil

Meetings are the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm

Please pre-register by calling 419-586-4442 or

emailing Connie Gray at grayco@oplin.org