Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love by David Talbot Non-fiction suggested by Toni Cultural history of San Francisco 1967 – 1982, a labor-of-love illumination of a city’s soul, the clash of outsiders from hippies to activists, against the authorities representing the old, mainly Catholic, establishment. The uniqueness of […]
Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement by David Brooks Non-fiction from Verna How attitudes are formed. The story of how success happens, told through the lives of one composite American couple, Harold and Erica
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman Non-fiction suggested by Sharon From Goodreads: Lia Lee was born in 1981 to a family of recent Hmong immigrants, and soon developed symptoms of epilepsy. By 1988 she was living at home […]
State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton & Louise Penny Fiction suggested by Joyce An international thriller: a young Foreign Service Officer, a journalist, an untested Secretary of State, an out of touch US government vs carefully constructed threat. from Amazon – After a tumultuous period in American politics, a new administration has just been sworn […]
Stiff: Curious Lives of Cadavers by Mary Roach Non-fiction from Verna Dead bodies, donated body
The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever Fiction suggested by Barbara The Stories of John Cheever is a 1978 short story collection by American author John Cheever. It contains some of his most famous stories, including “The Enormous Radio,” “Goodbye, My Brother,” “The Country Husband,” “The Five-Forty-Eight,” and “The Swimmer.” Barbara recommends that we […]
The Story of a Marriage: A Novel by Andrew Sean Greer Fiction suggested by Barbara A book about love, an indirect and devastating exploration of the mystery at the heart of every relationship, how we can ever truly know another person. From Amazon – “We think we know the ones we love.” So Pearlie Cook […]
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante Fiction suggested by Anca The 2nd book in her Neapolitan quartet, the sequel to “My Brilliant Friend”, it continues the story of the two friends growing up in post-WWII Italy. Several book group members have read and enjoyed all four books in this series.
The Stranger by Albert Camus Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed “the nakedness of man faced with the absurd.”
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan Fiction from Shirley During Cold War, woman joins the British equivalent of CIA. (Fun book)