BOOK DISCUSSIONS
Afternoons or evenings…the choice is yours!
Afternoon Book Club
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AFTERNOON BOOK DISCUSSION
The Afternoon Book Discussion Group will meet on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 2pm to discuss "Joy for Beginners" by Erica Bauermeister. From Amazon: "Having survived a life-threatening illness, Kate celebrates by gathering with six close friends. At an intimate outdoor dinner on a warm September evening, the women challenge Kate to start her new lease on life by going white-water rafting down the Grand Canyon with her daughter. But Kate is reluctant to take the risk. That is, until her friend Marion proposes a pact: if Kate will face the rapids, each woman will do one thing in the next year that scares her. Kate agrees, with one provision—she didn't get to choose her challenge, so she gets to choose theirs. Whether it's learning to let go of the past or getting a tattoo, each woman’s story interweaves with the others, forming a seamless portrait of the power of female friendships." 
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Evening Book Club
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The Evening Book Discussion Group will meet on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 7pm via Webex to discuss "Ask Again, Yes" by Mary Beth Keane.
From Amazon: "Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope, rookie NYPD cops, are neighbors in the suburbs. What happens behind closed doors in both houses - the loneliness of Francis’s wife, Lena, and the instability of Brian’s wife, Anne, sets the stage for the explosive events to come. In Mary Beth Keane's extraordinary novel, a lifelong friendship and love blossoms between Kate Gleeson and Peter Stanhope, born six months apart. One shocking night their loyalties are divided, and their bond will be tested again and again over the next 30 years. Heartbreaking and redemptive, Ask Again, Yes is a gorgeous and generous portrait of the daily intimacies of marriage and the power of forgiveness." 
The Evening Book Discussion Group will meet on Wednesday, June 16 at 7pm to discuss "The Place He Made" by Edie Clark.
From Amazon: "Writer and editor Edie Clark was not expecting love to enter her life in the form of a young carpenter named Paul Bolton. She was facing the realities of a failing marriage, while Paul was a shy, gentle but sometimes troubled man. Yet together they nurtured a love and built a married life as beautiful and enduring as the places Paul restored, the cabinets he crafted. And in the time they shared, they would find extraordinary grace and strength, and see their lives transformed by the power of love. The Place He Made follows in the distinguished tradition of Death Be Not Proud as one of the most unforgettable personal memoirs of love and loss in many years." |