A deeply personal narrative based on Orstavik’s experience of losing her husband to cancer. National Book Award for best translated literature. Discussant: Shelby VanMeter
Set in Victorian England, this lush historical thriller features the character Adele from Jane Eyre as she becomes a vigilante seeking revenge for young women who have been abused by suitors. This will be a Zoom discussion with the author, who is in Ireland, on Tuesday, March 26 at 10 am, to account for the […]
A beautifully written memoir by the first woman pilot, who was raised in Africa, to fly the Atlantic solo, nonstop, east to west in 1936. Discussant: Carol Cotto
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 Open Throat is a marvel of storytelling, unlike anything you've ever read, in the completely original voice of a lonely and loveable mountain lion living beneath LA’s Hollywood sign. Inspired by P-22, the real-life puma who lived in LA’s Griffith Park. One of The New York Times' 10 Best California Books […]
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 […]
