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Books We'll Be Reading in 2022
These are books we'll be discussing in 2022, the discussion leader for
each, and the month we'll be discussing it.
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January — Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
(Discussion Leader:
Eileen Roberta) . Rookie NYPD cops are also neighbors, but what happens behind
closed doors sets the stage for explosive events. A portrait of the daily intimacies
of marriage and the power of forgiveness.
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February —
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
(Discussion Leader:
Donna Dougherty).
Somewhere out
beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite
number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of
your life as it is, another for the life you could have lived if you had made a
different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives
might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for
yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?
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March —
Recipe for a Perfect Wife by Karma Brown
(Discussion Leader:
Marcia Shorr). A modern-day woman finds inspiration in hidden notes left by her
home’s previous owner, a typical 1950s housewife. As she discovers remarkable
parallels between their lives, she begins to question her own relationship with
her husband.
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April —
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
(Discussion Leader:
Kathy Morey).
A heart-stopping World War II story of three English female code breakers as
they deal with a mysterious encrypted letter--the key to which lies buried in
the long-ago betrayal that destroyed their friendship and left one of them
confined to an asylum.
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May —
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
(Discussion Leader:
Mary Ann Hume). In 1580’s England, during the Black Plague, a young
Latin tutor falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman in this historical novel and
best-selling winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction.
- June —
Jazz by Toni Morrison
(Discussion Leader:
Tary Yurkovich). In 1926, when everybody everywhere sees nothing but good ahead, Joe,
a middle-aged door-to-door salesman, shoots his teenage love to death. A profound story of
love and obsession brings us back and forth in time, in a narrative of emotion,
hope, fear and the deep realities of black urban life.
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July —
Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen
(Discussion Leader:
Pam Iserloth). A hilarious novel of social and political intrigue, set
against the glittering backdrop of Florida’s gold coast.
- August
—
Saving
CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
(Discussion Leader:
Carol Goldman). Steel Magnolias meets The Help in this Southern novel
sparkling with humor, heart, and feminine wisdom. When 12 year old CeeCee is left to fend
for herself, she is rescued by great-aunt Tootie who takes her to an eccentric
world where the reader explores the strengths of female friendship through the
story of a young girl who loses one mother and finds many others.
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September
—
When
the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
(Discussion Leader:
Yvonne Orloff). A missing persons detective, dealing with her own trauma, goes
away to grieve and there becomes involved in the case of a missing teenager.
Weaving together actual cases of missing persons and trauma theory, the novel
tells the story of fate, redemption and reclamation.
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October —
28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand
(Discussion Leader:
Renee Simpson). An exploration of the agony and romance of a
one-weekend-per-year affair and the dramatic ways this relationship complicates
and enriches their lives and the lives of the people they love.
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November —
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
(Discussion Leader:
Charlotte Davis).
In 1921 Texas, Elsa marries a man she barely knows but by 1934,
drought arrives and everything on the farm is dying, including the marriage. As
Elsa sets out for California, we witness the courage, hope, resilience and
sacrifice that defined the generation.
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 December
—
Our
annual
Morning with Local Authors,
followed by our annual
Christmas/Holiday
Luncheon and
Secret Santa
used book
exchange.
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