The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers Non-Fiction suggested by Sharon from Amazon – Mokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he discovers the astonishing history of coffee and Yemen’s central place in it. He leaves San Francisco and travels deep into his ancestral homeland to tour terraced farms high in the […]
The Overstory by Richard Powers Fiction suggested by Terry About trees and people who understand them. Engaging characters, glorious prose and a soul-stirring look into the inner lives of trees, that trees are living, feeling, connected beings. Climate change. An Amazon Best Book of April 2018: Do you love trees? I thought I did, until […]
The Library Book by Susan Orlean Non-Fiction suggested by Sharon On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As one fireman recounted, “Once that first stack got going, it was ‘Goodbye, Charlie.’” The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degrees and burned for more than seven […]
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin J. DiAngelo and Michael Eric Dyson Non-Fiction suggested by Terry Explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged. How these reactions maintain racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively. from […]
Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah Non-Fiction suggested by Lisa Amazon says, “Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a […]
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson Fiction suggested by Verna A fun read! As Allan’s colorful and complex history merges with his present-day escapades, readers will be treated to a charmingly funny version of world history and get to know a very youthful old man.
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue Fiction suggested by Janet “A compulsively readable debut novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream—the unforgettable story of a young Cameroonian couple making a new life in New York just as the Great Recession upends the economy New York Times Bestseller • Winner […]
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover Non-Fiction suggested by Barbara A young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University. The perspective to see one’s life through new eyes, and the will to change it.
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi Fiction suggested by Shirley In a future Thailand, calories are the greatest commodity. Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen’s Calorie Man. He combs Bangkok’s street markets in search of food thought to be extinct, hoping to reap the bounty of history’s lost calories. There, he encounters Emiko, the […]
Fear by Bob Woodward; Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff; A Higher Loyalty by James Comey Non-Fiction: a trilogy of books about Trump … Read one or two or three of the following books and we will discuss all three in one evening to be presented by Toni and all of us. Fear: Trump in […]