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For the love of books! This is a women’s group that meets one Monday night a month at Panera Bread on West Bell Rd to discuss a book that has been selected by a member. We also occasionally meet socially. We hope you'll join us!
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Thank you Lina for hosting March.
The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner is a historical fiction novel set in the small English village of Chawton, shortly after World War II. It follows a diverse group of individuals who come together to preserve Jane Austen's legacy and home, united by their shared love for her works.
We read Pride and Prejudice last May to great fanfare (thanks Victoria) so let’s continue the Austen love with this Austen-related novel, which has been described as ‘sweet escapism’.
The book is currently available to borrow in Libby as an ebook and audio book. Book discussion starts promptly at 6:30 but feel free to come as early as 6pm to eat with early attendees. Look for us at the big table to the left of the entrance. If that table is taken, check for us in the back.
Hope to see you there!
Thank you Carol for hosting in April.
“The Borrowed Life of Fredrick Fife” is a warm, life-affirming debut novel about a zany case of mistaken identity that allows a lonely old man one last chance to be part of a family.
If you use Libby to borrow an ebook or eaudio, reserve you place soon as there is currently a wait list for both formats. Book discussion starts promptly at 6:30 but feel free to come as early as 6pm to eat with early attendees. Look for us at the big table to the left of the entrance. If that table is taken, check for us in back. Hope to see you there!
Thank you Paula for hosting May!
The Language of Flowers is an emotional novel without being sentimental. The author uses the Victorian-era tradition of flower symbolism as both literal and emotional language for the protagonist who has just aged out of the foster system and is facing adulthood while very much still in survival mode.
Book discussion starts promptly at 6:30 but feel free to come as early as 6pm to eat with early attendees. Look for us at the big table to the left of the entrance. If that table is taken, check for us in the back.
Thank you Collette for hosting June!
This historical fiction novel intertwines the story of a book collector who perished on the Titanic with that of a Harvard student who experiences mysterious events in the library dedicated to him. Book discussion starts promptly at 6:30 but feel free to come as early as 6pm to eat with early attendees. Look for us at the big table to the left of the entrance. If that table is taken, check for us in the back.
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