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September Musings for Book Groups
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One of the pleasures of a book group is discussing books in person. Reading is wonderful, but it’s such a solitary experience. It still surprises me how many people do not read or talk about books. When I do live book events, I enjoy introducing people to books and authors with whom they are not familiar. I recently spent my vacation week reading. I would grab one of my pool floats and a book, and just read all day. One day I clocked six hours in the pool. I moved from float to float as I could sit differently in each one. I left my phone on the side of the pool; if my phone is around, I find myself grabbing it to look up random things that pop into my head. A recipe for dinner. A map of a place in a book. The weather for the rest of the week. Being untethered as I floated, it was truly the most relaxing time. To find out what I read, see last week’s Bookreporter.com newsletter here.
One book that I read that I wanted to share with you is THE GLASS OCEAN. As I was reading it, I was trying to figure out who wrote each of the three main characters, as Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen White, known as Team W, wrote this book together. It is so seamless. I found myself folding down pages, making notes for when I interview them for Book Club Girls' Night Out on Wednesday, October 17th. You can see more details about that event here and pick up your tickets for what promises to be a fun night. I have heard that they are not sharing who wrote which section of the book, but I am going to try to tempt it out of them. I will have my Bets On commentary on Bookreporter.com this Friday, where I will share more about this terrific book whose plot revolves around a crossing of the Lusitania, with lovely period details. And of interest to book groups, the first chapter opens with a character who is a writer visiting a book group. I hope to see many of our readers at this event; I already got notes from some of you that you will be there.
Also, I will be at the Morristown Festival of Books on Saturday, October 13th interviewing Fiona Davis (THE MASTERPIECE) and Kate Quinn (THE ALICE NETWORK), as well as Kate Morton (THE CLOCKMAKER’S DAUGHTER) and Diane Chamberlain (THE DREAM DAUGHTER). I recommend all of these books; each would make for a terrific book group discussion.
And I slotted in one more November event. I will be in conversation with Jonathan Santlofer, whose memoir THE WIDOWER’S NOTEBOOK was a recent Bets On pick, at [words] Bookstore in Maplewood, NJ, on Tuesday, November 13th. This is a very powerful book, which Jonathan wrote after his wife’s sudden death. He has been doing events for this book around the country, and the audiences have been terrific. I would love to see some of you at this event.
On Monday night, I went to a screening of The Children Act, which is based on the book by Ian McEwan. It's a measured film and a strong adaptation of the book; McEwan wrote the screenplay. The movie stars Emma Thompson as Fiona Maye, an eminent High Court judge in London whose cases look at family law. She rules on a case about Adam, a boy who is months from his 18th birthday and whose parents refuse the blood transfusion that will save his life. What happens when they meet sets the story on a new path. It felt to me that, in Adam, Fiona is seeing much of her life, which slipped away due to her focus on following the law. It's a very smart film; I confess to not loving the ending shot, but that is the critical film editor in me.
Our latest “What’s Your Book Group Reading This Month?” contest book is Isabel Allende’s instant New York Times bestseller, IN THE MIDST OF WINTER, which is now available in paperback.
Human rights scholar Richard Bowmaster hits the car of Evelyn Ortega --- a young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala --- during a snowstorm in New York. What at first appears to be a minor inconvenience takes a far more serious turn when Evelyn turns up at the professor’s house seeking help. At a loss, he asks one of his tenants, a lecturer from Chile named Lucia Maraz, for her advice. These three very different people are brought together in a story that moves from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil, sparking the beginning of a long overdue love story between Richard and Lucia.
We’re giving three readers the chance to win 12 copies of the book for their group. All you have to do is fill out the form on this page by Wednesday, October 10th at noon ET. In the meantime, you can read our review on Bookreporter.com here.
IN THE MIDST OF WINTER is the September pick for Simon & Schuster’s Book Club Favorites program, “your one-stop shop for the most discussion-worthy book club picks each and every month.” On Tuesday, September 25th at 5pm ET, Simon & Schuster will host a Facebook Live Book Club chat with Isabel Allende. Feel free to submit any questions you may have for Isabel on this page, and there's a chance she'll answer them during the live stream. And for those who missed the book club chat with Jennifer Egan, whose novel MANHATTAN BEACH was August’s pick, you can check out the entire conversation here.
In our previous “What’s Your Book Group Reading This Month?” contest, here are the five books mentioned most frequently as titles that our book groups read: LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng (which my book group is reading this month), A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW by Amor Towles, BEFORE WE WERE YOURS by Lisa Wingate, EDUCATED: A Memoir by Tara Westover (my book group is reading this in October), and THE GREAT ALONE by Kristin Hannah. Scroll further down the newsletter to see the other titles in our Top 15.
We also have 12 copies of Danielle Steel’s new novel, IN HIS FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS, to give away to three groups.
When U.S. troops occupy Germany, friends Jakob and Emmanuelle are saved from the terrible fate of so many in the camps. With the help of sponsors, they make their way to New York. In order not to be separated, they allow their friendship to blossom into love and marriage, and start a new life on the Lower East Side. Decades later, Jakob has achieved success in the diamond business, invested in real estate in New York, and shown his son, Max, that America is truly the land of opportunity. Max chooses a perfect bride to start the perfect American family. But after the birth of children, and with a failing marriage, he can no longer deny that his wife is not the woman he thought she was.
To enter the contest, please fill out this form by Wednesday, October 10th at noon ET.
In addition to IN THE MIDST OF WINTER and IN HIS FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS, we have six new guides to share with you.
Three are debut novels: SEVERANCE by Ling Ma, which introduces readers to Candace Chen, a millennial, first-generation American and office drone who is meandering her way into adulthood; Lydia Kiesling’s THE GOLDEN STATE, which finds young Daphne braving the ups and downs of motherhood in a fractured America; and THE STYLIST by Rosie Nixon, which follows a young woman who is thrown into the fast-paced world of fashion and glamour as she’s forced to navigate the treacherous Hollywood red carpets…while finding a fairytale love of her own.
Two are sophomore efforts: Roberto Saviano’s THE PIRANHAS, a novel of gang warfare and a young man’s dark desire to rise to the top of Naples’s underworld; and MEMENTO PARK by Mark Sarvas, in which a son learns more about his father than he ever could have imagined when a mysterious piece of art is unexpectedly restored to him.
The final guide is for CAN DEMOCRACY WORK?: A Short History of a Radical Idea, from Ancient Athens to Our World. Today, democracy is the world’s only broadly accepted political system, yet it has become synonymous with disappointment and crisis. How did it come to this? James Miller offers a lively, surprising and urgent history of the democratic idea from its first stirrings to the present.
What is the genre of the book that you are currently reading with your group? That’s our latest poll question; click here to let us know.
Our previous poll asked how many book groups you are a member of. A third of you each belong to either one or two groups, while 15% are a member of three groups. Click here for all the results.
We have coverage of the National Book Festival from three readers --- Denise Neary, Nancy Sharko and Clair Lamb --- and Alison Law reports on the Decatur Book Festival. We thank them all for sharing their feedback with us on these fabulous events for booklovers. And for those who want to attend the Boston Book Festival on October 13th, they announced their presenters last week. You can see them here.
Don’t miss our Reading Roundup and New in Paperback features, which we’ve updated for September. On Bookreporter.com, we have our ongoing Word of Mouth and Sounding Off on Audio contests, where we’re giving away some outstanding hardcovers and audiobooks. And this year’s Fall Preview contests are now underway on Bookreporter.com; each 24-hour giveaway gives you the chance to win a book that we know will be talked about this fall. More details on these contests and features can be found later in this newsletter.
WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, Delia Owens’ debut novel, is the latest Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club pick. Here’s what Reese says about this national bestseller: “I can’t even express how much I love this book!... It’s about a young woman named Kya, who’s left to raise herself in the marshes of North Carolina when her family abandons her at a young age. There is so much to her story: romance, mystery, and a murder…and it takes place in the breathtaking backdrop of the South. I didn’t want this story to end!” We reviewed the book last month on Bookreporter.com; check out our rave review here.
Here's to a great discussion this month with your book group. We’ll be back in two weeks with another update.
Carol Fitzgerald ([email protected])
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"What's Your Book Group Reading This Month?" Contest: Enter to Win 12 Copies of IN THE MIDST OF WINTER
by Isabel Allende for Your Group
Each month, we ask book groups to share the titles they are reading that month and rate them. From all entries, three winners will be selected, and each will win 12 copies of that month’s prize book for their group. Note: To be eligible to win, let us know the title of the book that YOUR book group is CURRENTLY reading, NOT the title we are giving away.
This month's prize book is the paperback edition of IN THE MIDST OF WINTER by Isabel Allende, a sweeping novel about three very different people who are brought together in a mesmerizing story that journeys from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil. To enter, please fill out the form on this page by Wednesday, October 10th at noon ET.
IN THE MIDST OF WINTER by Isabel Allende (Fiction)
An instant New York Times bestseller, IN THE MIDST OF WINTER is about three very different people who are brought together in a mesmerizing story that offers “a timely message about immigration and the meaning of home” (People).
During the biggest Brooklyn snowstorm in living memory, Richard Bowmaster, a lonely university professor in his 60s, hits the car of Evelyn Ortega, a young undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, and what at first seems an inconvenience takes a more serious turn when Evelyn comes to his house, seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant, Lucia Maraz, a fellow academic from Chile, for her advice.
As these three lives intertwine, each will discover truths about how they have been shaped by the tragedies they witnessed, and Richard and Lucia will find unexpected, long-overdue love. Allende returns here to themes that have propelled some of her finest work: political injustice, the art of survival, and the essential nature of --- and our need for --- love.
- Click here for the discussion guide.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
Click here to enter the contest.
New Special Contest: Enter to Win 12 Copies of
IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS
by Danielle Steel for Your Group
Danielle Steel's latest novel, IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS, tells the story of two World War II concentration camp survivors, the life they build together, and the son who faces struggles of his own as a first-generation American determined to be his own person and achieve success. We are celebrating its recent release with a special contest that will giving three groups the chance to win 12 copies of the book. To enter, please fill out this form by Wednesday, October 10th at noon ET.
IN HIS FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS by Danielle Steel (Historical Fiction)
When U.S. troops occupy Germany, friends Jakob and Emmanuelle are saved from the terrible fate of so many in the camps. With the help of sponsors, they make their way to New York. In order not to be separated, they allow their friendship to blossom into love and marriage, and start a new life on the Lower East Side, working at grueling, poorly paid jobs.
Decades later, through talent, faith, fortune and relentless hard work, Jakob has achieved success in the diamond business, invested in real estate in New York, and shown his son, Max, that America is truly the land of opportunity. Max is a rising star, a graduate of Harvard with friends among the wealthiest, most ambitious families in the world. And while his parents were thrown together by chance, Max chooses a perfect bride to start the perfect American family.
An opulent society wedding. A honeymoon in Tahiti. A palatial home in Greenwich. Max’s lavish lifestyle is unimaginable to his cautious old-world father and mother. Max wants to follow his father’s example and make his own fortune. But after the birth of children, and with a failing marriage, he can no longer deny that his wife is not the woman he thought she was. Angry and afraid, Max must do what he has never done before: struggle, persevere, and learn what it means to truly walk in his father’s footsteps, while pursuing his own ideals and setting an example for his children.
Moving from the ashes of postwar Europe to the Lower East Side of New York to wealth, success and unlimited luxury, IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS is a stirring tale of three generations of strong, courageous and loving people who pay their dues to achieve their goals.
- Click here for the discussion guide.
Click here to enter the contest.
New Guide: SEVERANCE by Ling Ma
SEVERANCE by Ling Ma (Post-Apocalyptic Satire)
Candace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine. With the recent passing of her Chinese immigrant parents, she’s had her fill of uncertainty. She’s content just to carry on: She goes to work, troubleshoots the teen-targeted Gemstone Bible, watches movies in a Greenpoint basement with her boyfriend.
So Candace barely notices when a plague of biblical proportions sweeps New York. Then Shen Fever spreads. Families flee. Companies cease operations. The subways screech to a halt. Her bosses enlist her as part of a dwindling skeleton crew with a big end-date payoff. Soon entirely alone, still unfevered, she photographs the eerie, abandoned city as the anonymous blogger NY Ghost.
Candace won’t be able to make it on her own forever, though. Enter a group of survivors, led by the power-hungry IT tech Bob. They’re traveling to a place called the Facility, where, Bob promises, they will have everything they need to start society anew. But Candace is carrying a secret she knows Bob will exploit. Should she escape from her rescuers?
A send-up and takedown of the rituals, routines and missed opportunities of contemporary life, Ling Ma’s SEVERANCE is a moving family story, a quirky coming-of-adulthood tale, and a hilarious, deadpan satire. Most important, it’s a heartfelt tribute to the connections that drive us to do more than survive.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: THE GOLDEN STATE by Lydia Kiesling
THE GOLDEN STATE by Lydia Kiesling (Fiction)
In Lydia Kiesling’s razor-sharp debut novel, THE GOLDEN STATE, we accompany Daphne, a young mother on the edge of a breakdown, as she flees her sensible but strained life in San Francisco for the high desert of Altavista with her toddler, Honey. Bucking under the weight of being a single parent --- her Turkish husband is unable to return to the United States because of a “processing error” --- Daphne takes refuge in a mobile home left to her by her grandparents in hopes that the quiet will bring clarity.
But clarity proves elusive. Over the next 10 days, Daphne is anxious, she behaves a little erratically, she drinks too much. She wanders the town looking for anyone and anything to punctuate the long hours alone with the baby. Among others, she meets Cindy, a neighbor who is active in a secessionist movement, and befriends the elderly Alice, who has traveled to Altavista as she approaches the end of her life. When her relationships with these women culminate in a dangerous standoff, Daphne must reconcile her inner narrative with the reality of a deeply divided world.
Keenly observed, bristling with humor, and set against the beauty of a little-known part of California, THE GOLDEN STATE is about class and cultural breakdowns, and desperate attempts to bridge old and new worlds. But more than anything, it is about motherhood: its voracious worry, frequent tedium, and enthralling, wondrous love.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: THE PIRANHAS by Roberto Saviano
THE PIRANHAS: The Boy Bosses of Naples written by Roberto Saviano, translated by Antony Shugaar (Crime Fiction)
Nicolas Fiorillo is a brilliant and ambitious 15-year-old from the slums of Naples, eager to make his mark and to acquire power and the money that comes with it. With nine friends, he sets out to create a new paranza, or gang. Together they roam the streets on their motorscooters, learning how to break into the network of small-time hoodlums that controls drug-dealing and petty crime in the city. They learn to cheat and to steal, to shoot semiautomatic pistols and AK-47s. Slowly they begin to wrest control of the neighborhoods from enemy gangs while making alliances with failing old bosses. Nicolas’ strategic brilliance is prodigious, and his cohorts’ rapid rise and envelopment in the ensuing maelstrom of violence and death is riveting and impossible to turn away from.
In THE PIRANHAS, Roberto Saviano imagines the lurid glamour of Nicolas’ story with all the vividness and insight that made Gomorrah a worldwide sensation.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: CAN DEMOCRACY WORK? by James Miller
CAN DEMOCRACY WORK?: A Short History of a Radical Idea, from Ancient Athens to Our World by James Miller (Political Science/History)
From the upheavals of the Arab Spring to recent court cases over voting rights in America, democracy is a cherished ideal fraught with challenges --- and it’s always been that way.
In CAN DEMOCRACY WORK?, James Miller, the author of the classic history of 1960s protest “DEMOCRACY IS IN THE STREETS,” traces the lively, surprising saga of democratic aspirations, beginning with self-rule in ancient Athens (where elections were considered inherently corrupt and therefore undemocratic) and proceeding through bloody uprisings and mob rule in Europe and the evolution of Jeffersonian democracy.
Culminating in the election of Donald Trump in 2016, the fascinating events covered in each chapter raise timely questions about the best way to ensure liberty and justice for all.
Click here for the discussion guide.
September's Reading Roundup: Top Picks from
Indie Next, LibraryReads, Target and Costco
Each month, we share top book picks from Indie Next and LibraryReads, as well as the Target Book Club title and Pennie's Pick for Costco.
This month's Indie Next titles include SHE WOULD BE KING, Wayétu Moore’s debut novel that reimagines the dramatic story of Liberia’s early years through three unforgettable characters who share an uncommon bond; THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ by Heather Morris, an illuminating tale of hope and courage, which is based on interviews that were conducted with Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov; and THE DIARY OF A BOOKSELLER, Shaun Bythell's funny and fascinating memoir of a year in the life at the helm of The Bookshop, in the small village of Wigtown, Scotland.
LibraryReads is spotlighting LAKE SUCCESS, Gary Shteyngart’s piercing exploration of the 0.1 Percent, a poignant tale of familial longing and an unsentimental ode to what really makes America great; DAUGHTER OF A DAUGHTER OF A QUEEN by Sarah Bird, the compelling, hidden story of Cathy Williams, a former slave and the only woman to ever serve with the legendary Buffalo Soldiers; and WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT, Mary Kubica’s new psychological thriller in which a woman is forced to question her own identity.
September’s Target Book Club title is THE BEST KIND OF PEOPLE by Zoe Whittall, and Pennie's Pick for Costco is THE DINNER LIST by Rebecca Serle.
Click here for the complete roundup.
Our Most Popular Book Group Selections for July/August's "What's Your Book Group Reading
This Month?" Contest
September's New in Paperback Roundups
on Bookreporter.com
September's roundup of New in Paperback fiction titles includes ROBICHEAUX, which marks the return of James Lee Burke's most beloved character in a gritty, atmospheric mystery set in the towns and backwoods of Louisiana; THE FALLEN, David Baldacci's fourth Memory Man thriller featuring Amos Decker, who is investigating four bizarre murders in the space of two weeks but finds that his previously infallible memory may not be so trustworthy after all; THE BEST OF ADAM SHARP by Graeme Simsion, a romantic novel about true love, second chances and decades of great music; and SOURDOUGH, Robin Sloan's highly anticipated novel (following MR. PENUMBRA'S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE) about an overworked and under-socialized software engineer discovering a calling and a community as a baker.
Among our nonfiction highlights are WHAT HAPPENED, in which Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history; GRANT, Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow's sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant; THE BOOK OF SEPARATION by Tova Mirvis, the memoir of a woman who leaves her faith and her marriage and sets out to navigate the terrifying, liberating terrain of a newly mapless world; and Mary V. Dearborn's ERNEST HEMINGWAY, the first full biography of the legendary novelist and short story writer in more than 15 years, the first to draw upon a wide array of never-before-used material, and the first written by a woman.
Find out what's New in Paperback for the weeks of
September 3rd, September 10th, September 17th and September 24th.
Bookreporter.com Bets On: VOX by Christina Dalcher
and TRUST ME by Hank Phillippi Ryan
VOX by Christina Dalcher (Dystopian Thriller)
I heard Christina Dalcher talk about VOX at a breakfast at BookExpo. Interestingly, she has taught linguistics, phonics and phonology, which gives her expertise about voice and being heard. In VOX, women in this country have been told that they are not allowed more than 100 words a day; by comparison, the average person speaks about 16,000 words (though somewhere I saw that women speak 20,000). Each woman wears a wristband, which has been calibrated to capture the modulation of her voice. At word 101, a shock is delivered to the wrist, which escalates exponentially as more words are shared. Soon there are more and more restrictions on women as they realize that, without their voices, the circle of their lives gets smaller, leading to desperate measures by many of them.
- Click here to read more of Carol's commentary.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
TRUST ME by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Thriller)
With TRUST ME, Hank Phillippi Ryan has written her first stand-alone novel, which challenges an author as she steps away from writing her series character. I like it when authors challenge themselves. I like it even better when they brilliantly succeed. The protagonist, Mercer Hennessey, is a journalist who is grieving the loss of her husband, Dex, and daughter, Sophie. Her grief is raw. She wakes up each day, and in the steam on the bathroom mirror notes the number of days since they passed away. At the start we know they died in a car accident; later we learn more about this. Mercer’s own grief makes her vulnerable. What can draw her from the fog that has overshadowed her life?
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Announcing Bookreporter.com's
Fall Preview Contests and Feature
Fall is known as the biggest season of the year for books. The titles that release during this latter part of the year often become holiday gifts, and many are blockbusters. To celebrate the arrival of fall, we are spotlighting a number of outstanding books that we know people will be talking about in the days and months to come.
We are hosting a series of 24-hour contests for these titles on select days in September and October, so you will have to check the site each day to see the featured prize book and enter to win. We also are sending a special newsletter to announce the day's title, which you can sign up for here.
This year's featured titles are:
Click here to read all the contest details
and learn more about our featured titles.
Enter Our Ongoing Bookreporter.com Contests:
"Word of Mouth" and "Sounding Off on Audio"
We currently are featuring the following guides on ReadingGroupGuides.com:
CAN DEMOCRACY WORK?: A Short History of a Radical Idea, from Ancient Athens to Our World by James Miller (Political Science/History)
In CAN DEMOCRACY WORK?, James Miller traces the lively, surprising saga of democratic aspirations, beginning with self-rule in ancient Athens and proceeding through bloody uprisings and mob rule in Europe and the evolution of Jeffersonian democracy.
THE GOLDEN STATE by Lydia Kiesling (Fiction)
THE GOLDEN STATE is a gorgeous, raw debut novel about a young woman braving the ups and downs of motherhood in a fractured America.
IN HIS FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS by Danielle Steel (Historical Fiction)
Bestselling author Danielle Steel tells the story of two World War II concentration camp survivors, the life they build together, and the son who faces struggles of his own as a first-generation American determined to be his own person and achieve success.
MAKE ME EVEN AND I'LL NEVER GAMBLE AGAIN by Jerrold Fine (Fiction)
Drawing from his own experiences in the turbulent '70s and '80s, hedge fund pioneer Jerrold Fine blends a heartfelt story of a young man fiercely intent on achieving independence with a fascinating insider’s look at the perks and pitfalls of a high-stakes life in the world of financial markets in his debut novel.
MEMENTO PARK by Mark Sarvas (Fiction)
A son learns more about his father than he ever could have imagined when a mysterious piece of art is unexpectedly restored to him.
THE PIRANHAS: The Boy Bosses of Naples written by Roberto Saviano, translated by Antony Shugaar (Crime Fiction)
Set in Naples, Italy, THE PIRANHAS is the saga of a city under the rule of a criminal network, and the Neapolitan boys who create their own gang.
THE SECRET OF THE IRISH CASTLE by Santa Montefiore (Historical Fiction)
Internationally bestselling author Santa Montefiore continues the story of the Deverill family in the third book in her beautiful and moving Deverill Chronicles trilogy --- perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Beatriz Williams.
SEVERANCE by Ling Ma (Post-Apocalyptic Satire)
Maybe it’s the end of the world, but not for Candace Chen, a millennial, first-generation American and office drone meandering her way into adulthood in Ling Ma’s offbeat, wryly funny, apocalyptic satire, SEVERANCE.
THE STYLIST by Rosie Nixon (Fiction)
Get ready to meet Amber Green! Rosie Nixon's debut novel follows a young woman who is thrown into the fast-paced world of fashion and glamour, and must navigate the treacherous Hollywood red carpets, while finding a fairytale love of her own.
Please note that these titles, for which we already had the guides when they appeared in hardcover, are now available in paperback:
IN THE MIDST OF WINTER by Isabel Allende (Fiction)
An instant New York Times bestseller, IN THE MIDST OF WINTER is about three very different people who are brought together in a mesmerizing story that offers “a timely message about immigration and the meaning of home” (People).
THE NINTH HOUR by Alice McDermott (Fiction)
THE NINTH HOUR is a magnificent new novel from one of America’s finest writers --- a powerfully affecting story spanning the 20th century of a widow and her daughter and the nuns who serve their Irish-American community in Brooklyn.
THE VENGEANCE OF MOTHERS: The Journals of Margaret Kelly & Molly McGill by Jim Fergus (Historical Fiction)
This long-awaited sequel to ONE THOUSAND WHITE WOMEN explores what happens to the bonds between wives and husbands, children and mothers, when society sees them as "unspeakable." What does it mean to be white, to be Cheyenne, and how far will these women go to avenge the ones they love?
This Month's Poll:
The Genre of Your Latest Book Group Selection
What is the genre of the book that you are currently reading with your group? Please check all that apply.
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Autobiography/Memoir
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Biography
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Current Events
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General Fiction
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Historical Fiction
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History
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Literary Fiction
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Mystery
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Politics
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Romance
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Science Fiction/Fantasy
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Suspense/Thriller
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Women’s Fiction
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Other (Please specify)
Click here to vote in the poll by Wednesday, October 10th at noon ET.
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