The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce Fiction suggested by Lisa From Goodreads: Harold Fry is convinced that he must deliver a letter to an old friend in order to save her, meeting various characters along the way and reminiscing about the events of his past and people he has known, as he […]
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Books we have read and discussed over the years since we started meeting.
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Dec 2015: The Elephant Whisperer
The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony Non-Fiction suggested by Verna Engrossing — Couldn’t put it down!!! Lawrence Anthony devoted his life to animal conservation, protecting the world’s endangered species. Then he was asked to accept a herd of “rogue” wild elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand. His common sense told him to […]
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Nov 2015: Orhan’s Inheritance
Orhan’s Inheritance by Aline Ohanesian Fiction suggested by Anca In her extraordinary debut, Aline Ohanesian has created two remarkable characters—a young man ignorant of his family’s and his country’s past, and an old woman haunted by the toll the past has taken on her life.
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Oct 2015: Being Mortal
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande Non-Fiction suggested by Terry and Sharon In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, […]
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Sep 2015: Night At The Fiestas
Title by Night At The Fiestas by Kristen Valdez Quade Fiction, short stories suggested by Barbara Set in northern New Mexico, an astonishing, beautifully rendered debut about growing up in a land shaped by love, loss and violence. With intensity and emotional precision, Kirstin Valdez Quade’s unforgettable stories plunge us into the fierce, troubled hearts […]
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Fiction suggested by Patti Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. […]
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Jul 2015: The Boys in the Boat
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown Non-Fiction suggested by Nancy . . . out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate […]
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Jun 2015 and earlier
From 2011 until mid-2015, these are the book we read and discussed: Barron Park Reading Group Books read June 2015 and earlier 2015 American Nations Colin Woodard Jun Terry non-fiction Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie May Janet fiction Me Before You JoJo Moyes Apr Yvonne fiction Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A Betty Smith Mar Barbara fiction […]