Vogt, Virginia, Death By Moonlight This
book is a double mystery. Two terrible crimes mirror each other across nearly
two centuries, and both must be solved to rescue a young girl threatened by an
age-old evil. 376p. This book is written by a Morristown author.
We could see if she would like to speak to our group. Norma’s friend also
belongs to a book club and this author spoke to her book group. If we chose
this book maybe we could have her speak
in April or after.
Brennert, Alan, Molaka’i, Rachel Kalama is a young native Hawaiian girl
growing up in Honolulu at the end of the 19th century. At age seven is
diagnosed with Hansen's disease, taken from her family, and exiled to the
leprosy settlement on a remote peninsula on the island of Moloka'i. 400p.
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Van Allen, Lisa, The
Wishing Thread, This book is an enchanting novel about the bonds between
sisters, the indelible pull of the past, and the transformational power of
love. 400p.
Erdrich. Louise, Round House, National Book
Award Winner One Sunday in the spring of 1988, a woman living on a
reservation in North Dakota is attacked. The details of the crime are slow to
surface as Geraldine Coutts is traumatized and reluctant to relive or reveal
what happened, either to the police or to her husband, Bazil, and
thirteen-year-old son, Joe. 336pp
McLain, Paula, The Paris Wife, This deeply
evocative story of ambition and betrayal, captures a remarkable period of time
and a love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his
first wife Hadley.352p readinggroupguides.com
Bostwick, Marie, Between Heaven and Texas, This book takes readers into the heart of a small Texas town and the soul of a woman who discovers her destiny there. 352p.
Phillips, Jayne Ann, Lark and Termite, Set during the 1950s in West Virginia and Korea, this is the story of two children--Lark, on the verge of adulthood, and her brother, Termite, a child unable to walk and talk but filled with radiance. 304p. readinggroupguides.com
Barbery, Muriel, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, This book that is set in France is a study in the dichotomy of the hidden inner self versus outer perceptions. Paloma and RenĂ© are each careful to build a facade that hides their true nature from the world. Until a new tenant moves into their building, this plan has worked well — but no longer. What happens when you meet someone who can see who you really are? 336p. litlovers.com
Kingsolver, Barbara, Flight Behavior, a young Tennessee woman who stumbles upon millions of misguided Monarch butterflies. 434p. readingroupguides.com
Edwards, Kim, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, This novel begins on a winter night in 1964 in
Lexington, Kentucky, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy, but the doctor immediately recognizes that his daughter has Down syndrome. Rationalizing it as a need to protect Norah, his wife, he makes a split second decision that will alter all of their lives forever. 444p. readingroupguides.com
Patton, Lisa, Whistlin’ Dixie in a Nor’easter,
LeeLee moved from Memphis to Vermont for her husband to follow his pipe dream
of managing a quaint inn. In this funny and sad fish out water book LeeLee
learns she is more resilient than she thinks she is. 312p
Shaffer, Mary ,The Guernsey Literary and
Potato Peel Pie Society, In January 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a
letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato
Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey
during the German occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.
304p. www.litlovers.com/.../405-guernsey-literary-and-potato-peel-pie-society
Wait until in paperback
Walls,
Jeanette, The Silver Star, Jeannette Walls has written a heartbreaking
and redemptive novel about an intrepid girl who challenges the injustice of the
adult world—a triumph of imagination and storytelling. 269p.
O’Reilly, Bill, Killing Kennedy-
