Shelby Van Meter, discussant Hotel Silence by an Icelandic author, Audur Ava Olafsdottir. A short, wistful tale of redemption and self-discovery by Icelandic author Audur Ava Olafsdottir. Hotel Silence is lyrically written with touches of dark humor and rich characterizations. Thought-provoking and utterly beguiling.
Arliss Willis, discussant The House of Doors, Tan Twan Eng A spellbinding historical fiction about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redemption. Named a best book of the year by the New Yorker.
Julie Carlson, discussant Open Throat , Henry Hoke This is a fanciful, funny, touching, bittersweet social commentary on the way we live today. Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize, and the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction.
Ciji Ware, discussant How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Life Like Everyone Else, Michael Gates Gill (Sausalito author) A memoir which chronicles Gates' journey from a high-level advertising executive with J. Walter Thompson to a barista at Starbucks.
Carol Cotton, discussant The Women, Hannah Kristin A book about Frankie McGrath and her enlistment as a surgical nurse in the Vietnam War in 1966 coming from her privileged upbringing in Coronado, CA. While focused on the experience of women in the Vietnam War, The Women reflects on how women were dismissed by history as […]
