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Fiction Book ClubTuesday, September 8th | 7:00pm
The Heart of Winter by Jonathan Evison
A Seattle Times Bestseller
Abe Winter and Ruth Warneke were never meant to be together—at least if you ask Ruth. Yet their catastrophic blind date in college evolved into a seventy-year marriage and a life on a farm on Bainbridge Island with their hens and beloved Labrador, Megs. Through the years, the Winters have fallen in and out of lockstep, and from their haunting losses and guarded secrets, a dependable partnership has been forged.
But when Ruth’s loose tooth turns out to be something much more malicious, the beautiful, reliable life they’ve created together comes to a crisis. As Ruth struggles with her crumbling independence, Abe must learn how to take care of her while their three living children question his ability to look after his wife. And once again, the couple has to reconfigure how to be there for each other.
In this bighearted and profound portrait of a marriage, Jonathan Evison explores seventy years of big moments in subtle ways, elegantly braiding the Winters’ turbulent history with their present-day battles, showing us how the oddly paired college kids became parents, fell apart and back together, andgrew into the Abe and Ruth of today. Endlessly heartwarming and moving, The Heart of Winter is a reminder that true love lives in small, everyday moments.
Upcoming Fiction Book Club Books:
October 13th- The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
November 10th- Tilt by Emma Pattee
December 8th- The Wedding People by Allison Espach
Senior Book ClubWednesday, September 16th| 1:00pm | Chehalem Senior Center
Count My Lies by Sophie Strava
No registration needed.
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
SOON TO BE A HULU LIMITED SERIES STARRING LINDSAY LOHAN, SHAILENE WOODLEY, AND KIT HARINGTON
Sloane Caraway is a liar.
Harmless lies, mostly, to make her self-proclaimed sad, little life a bit more interesting.
So, when Sloane sees a young girl in tears at a park one afternoon, she can’t help herself—she tells the girl’s (very attractive) dad she’s a nurse and helps him pull a bee stinger from the girl’s foot.
With this lie, and chance encounter, Sloane becomes the nanny for the wealthy and privileged Jay and Violet Lockhart—the perfect New York couple, with a brownstone, a daughter in private school, and summers on Block Island.
But maybe Sloane isn’t the only one lying, and all that’s picture-perfect harbors a much more dangerous truth. To say anything more is to spoil the most exciting, twisty, and bitingly smart suspense novel to come out in years.
The thing about lies is that they add up, form their own truth and a twisted prison of a world. And in Count My Lies, Sophie Stava spins an “utterly gripping and unputdownable” (Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author) thriller about the secrets we keep, and the terrifying dangers that lurk just under the images we spend so much time trying to maintain.
Careful what you lie for.
Upcoming Senior Book Club Books:
October 21st- The Griffin Sister's Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner
November 18th- The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
December 16th- Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
Mystery/Thriller Book ClubThursday, September 17th | 7:00pm
Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the author of Reese’s Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time comes an addictive thriller about a new mother’s world upended when her husband commits a terrifying crime. How well does she truly know the man she loves? And what danger does she face if her entire life has been built on a lie?
It is June 21st, the longest day of the year, and new mother Camilla’s life is about to change forever. After months of maternity leave, she will drop her infant daughter off at daycare for the first time and return to her job as a literary agent. Finally. But, when she wakes, her husband Luke isn’t there, and in his place is a cryptic note.
Then it starts. Breaking news: there's a hostage situation developing in London. The police arrive, and tell her Luke is involved. But he isn't a hostage. Her husband - doting father, eternal optimist - is the gunman.
What she does next is crucial. Because only she knows what clue lies in the note he left behind...
Upcoming Mystery/Thriller Book Club Books:
October 15th- Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests by KJ Whittle
November 19th- 10 Marchfield Square by Nicola Whyte
December 17th- The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson
