The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis

Tuesday

June 17, 2014

7:00 pm

An Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 Selection, this wonderful debut novel is set in 1923, against the backdrop of the Great Migration. 15 year old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia and heads north. Full of hope, she settles in Philadelphia to build a better life. Instead she marries a man who will bring her nothing but disappointment. The lives of Hattie and the children she bears and raises, captured here in twelve luminous threads, tell the story of a mother’s monumental courage – and the driving force of the American dream.

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This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett

Tuesday

May 20, 2014

7:00 pm

Blending literature and memoir, Ann Patchett, author of State of  Wonder, Run, and Bel Canto, examines her deepest commitments—to writing, family, friends, dogs, books, and her husband—creating a resonant portrait of a life in This is the Story of a Happy Marriage.

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The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

Tuesday

April 15, 2014

7:00 pm

National Book Award Finalist

Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author of The Namesake comes an extraordinary new novel, set in both India and America, that expands the scope and range of one of our most dazzling storytellers: a tale of two brothers bound by tragedy, a fiercely brilliant woman haunted by her past, a country torn by revolution, and a love that lasts long past death.

 

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Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain

Tuesday

March18, 2014

7:00 pm

“In this heart-wrenching historical fiction, prolific author Chamberlain focuses on a time in North Carolina’s history that most people would rather forget. It’s 1960, and Jane is a 21-year-old newlywed who’s just accepted a job as a social worker, though her husband, Robert, would rather she stay home like the other country club wives. Her clients—poor tobacco farmers in Grace County, like the Hart family—live in the harsh reality of the rural South, with too many mouths to feed and not much to feed them. Jane is eager to help, until she discovers that part of her job is deciding whether young girls like the vivacious Ivy Hart should be sterilized, in order to keep them from having babies that depend on the state. A captivating look at the little-discussed eugenics program that was responsible for sterilizing more than 7,000 American citizens—some without their knowledge—this engrossing novel digs deep into the moral complexity of a dark period in history and brings it to life.” …Publisher’s Weekly

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The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin

Tuesday

February 18, 2014

7:00 pm

Anne Morrow Lindbergh and her aviator husband, Charles, attracted attention on an order comparable to Princess Diana. The golden couple couldn't go out in public without being mobbed. The kidnapping and murder of their first child was called "The Crime of the Century" and spurred legislation that categorized kidnapping as a federal crime. Melanie Benjamin is adept at using the well-documented facts of their lives, putting the reader inside Anne's life with her famous husband.

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The Lemon Orchard by Luanne Rice

Tuesday

January 21, 2014

7:00pm

(No December Meeting)

Christmas Party December 16

Call for Details

Still devastated by grief five years after the death of her husband and teenage daughter in a car accident, Julia hopes to find solitude and solace while house-sitting at her aunt and uncle’s California estate. Amid the lush landscapes and lemon groves of Malibu, Julia does find these things—in addition to an unexpected relationship with Roberto, who oversees the estate. Roberto, an undocumented immigrant, connects with Julia over her loss: he became separated from his young daughter during their crossing from Mexico and believes her to be dead. Set in the sea and citrus-scented air of the breathtaking Santa Monica Mountains, The Lemon Orchard is an affirming story about the redemptive power of compassion and the kind of love that seems to find us when we need it most.

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The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe

Tuesday

November 19, 2013

7:00 pm

During her treatment for cancer, Mary Anne Schwalbe and her son Will spent many hours sitting in waiting rooms together. To pass the time, they would talk about the books they were reading. Once, by chance, they read the same book at the same time—and an informal book club of two was born. Through their wide-ranging reading, Will and Mary Anne—and we, their fellow readers—are reminded how books can be comforting, astonishing, and illuminating, changing the way that we feel about and interact with the world around us.

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

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