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Fiction Book ClubTuesday, April 14th | 7:00pm
The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Inspired by a true literary mystery, the New York Times bestselling author of the mesmerizing The Secret Book of Flora Lea returns with the sweeping story of a legendary book, a lost mother, and a daughter’s search for them both.
In 1927, eight-year-old Clara Harrington’s magical childhood shatters when her mother, renowned author, Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham, vanishes off the coast of South Carolina. Bronwyn stunned the world with a book written in an invented language that became a national sensation when she was just twelve years old. Her disappearance leaves behind not only a devoted husband and heartbroken daughter, but also the hope of ever translating the sequel to her landmark work. As the headlines focus on the missing author, Clara yearns for something far deeper and more insatiable: her beloved mother.
By 1952, Clara is an illustrator raising her own daughter, Wynnie. When a stranger named Charlie Jameson contacts her from London claiming to have discovered a handwritten dictionary of her mother’s lost language. Clara is skeptical. Compelled by the tragedy of her mother’s disappearance, she crosses the Atlantic with Wynnie only to arrive during one of London’s most deadly natural disasters—the Great Smog. With asthmatic Wynnie in peril, they escape the city with Charlie and find refuge in the Jameson’s family retreat nestled in the Lake District. It is there that Clara must find the courage to uncover the truth about her mother and the story she left behind.
Upcoming Fiction Book Club Books:
May 12th- Isola by Allegra Goodman
June 9th- The Griffin Sister's Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner
July 14th- Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
August 11th- All That Life Can Afford by Emily Everett
September 8th- The Heart of Winter by Jonathan Evison
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, April 15th | 1:00pm | Chehalem Senior Center
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
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REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK • INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB'S BOOK OF THE YEAR • LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon.
Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world’s largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants. Until, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman mysteriously washes ashore.
Isolation has taken its toll on the Salts, but as they nurse the woman, Rowan, back to strength, it begins to feel like she might just be what they need. Rowan, long accustomed to protecting herself, starts imagining a future where she could belong to someone again.
But Rowan isn’t telling the whole truth about why she set out for Shearwater. And when she discovers sabotaged radios and a freshly dug grave, she realizes Dominic is keeping his own secrets. As the storms on Shearwater gather force, they all must decide if they can trust each other enough to protect the precious seeds in their care before it’s too late―and if they can finally put the tragedies of the past behind them to create something new, together.
A novel of breathtaking twists, dizzying beauty, and ferocious love, Wild Dark Shore is about the impossible choices we make to protect the people we love, even as the world around us disappears.
Upcoming Senior Book Club Books:
May 20th- One Death at a Time by Abbi Waxman
June 17th- All That Life Can Afford by Emily Everett
July 15th- The Heart of Winter by Jonathan Evison
August 19th- Extinction by Douglas Preston
September 16th- Count My Lies by Sophie Strava
October 21st- The Griffin Sister's Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner
November 18th- TBD
December 16th- TBD
Mystery/Thriller Book ClubThursday, April 16th | 7:00pm
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR | A NEW YORK TIMES "BEST THRILLER" and "BEST CRIME NOVEL" OF THE YEAR | PEOPLE MAGAZINE’S #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR
When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide
Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.
As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.
Upcoming Mystery/Thriller Book Club Books:
May 21st- All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
June 18th- We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
July 16th- The Frozen River by Aril Lawhon
August 20th- This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead
September 17th- Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister
October 15th- A Murder for Miss Hortense by Mel Pennant
November 19th- 10 Marchfield Square by Nicola Whyte
December 17th- The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson
