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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
