Book Club for Adults
Fiction Book ClubTuesday, March 10th | 7:00pm
Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
A Parisian department store, a mysterious necklace and a woman’s quest to unlock a decade-old mystery are at the center of this riveting novel of love and survival, from New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff
London, 1953. Louise is still adjusting to her postwar role as a housewife when she discovers a necklace in a box at a secondhand shop. The box is marked with the name of a store in Paris, and she is certain she has seen the necklace before, when she worked with the Red Cross in Nazi-occupied Europe—and that it holds the key to the mysterious death of her friend Franny during the war.
Following the trail of clues to Paris, Louise discovers the dark history of Lévitan—a once-glamorous department store that served as a Nazi prison—and Helaine, a woman who was imprisoned there, torn apart from her husband when the Germans invaded France. Louise races to find the connection between the necklace, the store and Franny’s death. But nothing is as it seems, and there are forces determined to keep the truth buried forever…
Upcoming Fiction Book Club Books:
April 14th-The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry
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, Febuary 18th | 1:00pm | Chehalem Senior Center
Isola by Allegra Goodman
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REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME, The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, NPR, Slate, The Globe and Mail, Kirkus Reviews, Town & Country, Lit Hub, Christian Science Monitor • FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE • LONGLISTED FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS BOOK AWARD
Heir to a fortune, Marguerite is destined for a life of prosperity and gentility. Then she is orphaned, and her guardian—an enigmatic and volatile man—spends her inheritance and insists she accompany him on an expedition to New France. That journey takes a unexpected turn when Marguerite, accused of betrayal, is brutally punished and abandoned on a small island.
Once a child of privilege who dressed in gowns and laced pearls in her hair, Marguerite finds herself at the mercy of nature. As the weather turns, blanketing the island in ice, she discovers a faith she’d never before needed.
Inspired by the real life of a sixteenth-century heroine, Isola is the timeless story of a woman fighting for survival.
Upcoming Senior Book Club Books:
March 18th- 10 Marchfield Square by Nicola Whyte
April 15th- Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
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, February 19th | 7:00pm
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • When a father goes missing, his family’s desperate search leads them to question everything they know about him and one another in this thrilling page-turner, a deeply moving portrait of a family in crisis from the award-winning author of Miracle Creek.
OPRAH DAILY’S #1 NOVEL OF THE YEAR • ONE OF PEOPLE’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A WASHINGTON POST, BOOKPAGE, KIRKUS REVIEWS, NEW YORK POST, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, BOOK RIOT, CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, REAL SIMPLE, CRIMEREADS, AND SHE READSBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
Belletrist Book Club Pick • Finalist for the New American Voices Award • Finalist for the Virginia Literary Award •
“We didn’t call the police right away.” Those are the electric first words of this extraordinary novel about a biracial Korean American family in Virginia whose lives are upended when their beloved father and husband goes missing.
Mia, the irreverent, hyperanalytical twenty-year-old daughter, has an explanation for everything—which is why she isn’t initially concerned when her father and younger brother Eugene don’t return from a walk in a nearby park. They must have lost their phone. Or stopped for an errand somewhere. But by the time Mia’s brother runs through the front door bloody and alone, it becomes clear that the father in this tight-knit family is missing and the only witness is Eugene, who has the rare genetic condition Angelman syndrome and cannot speak.
What follows is both a ticking-clock investigation into the whereabouts of a father and an emotionally rich portrait of a family whose most personal secrets just may be at the heart of his disappearance. Full of shocking twists and fascinating questions of love, language, and human connection, Happiness Falls is a mystery, a family drama, and a novel of profound philosophical inquiry. With all the powerful storytelling she brought to her award-winning debut, Miracle Creek, Angie Kim turns the missing-person story into something wholly original, creating an indelible tale of a family who must go to remarkable lengths to truly understand one another.
Upcoming Mystery/Thriller Book Club Books:
March 19th- The Paris Mystery by Kristi Manning
April 16th- The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
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
