If Women Rose Rooted: A Journey to Authenticity and Belonging by Sharon Blackie

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When: January 26

Hostess: Ruth

"I love this book. Truly, it's mind-blowing in the most profound and exhilarating sense." — Manda Scott, author of Boudica and Into the Fire

This is the second edition of a uniquely empowering, international word-of-mouth bestseller about wild landscapes, female mythology, and the challenges facing modern women. It is a book for any woman who has ever lost her way and who sees a wasteland at the heart of modern existence and longs to live a more authentic, rooted life once again... < Read More

The Art of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh

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When: November 24
Hostess: Lucy

In troubled times there is an urgency to understand ourselves and our world. We have so many questions, and they tug at us night and day, consciously and unconsciously. In this important volume, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh - one of the most revered spiritual leaders in the world today - ... < Read More

A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale

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When: October 27
Hostess: Sandra

A privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Even the beginnings of an illicit, dangerous affair do little to shake the foundations of his muted existence - until the shock of discovery and the threat of arrest cost him everything.

Forced to abandon his wife and child, Harry signs up for emigration to the newly colonised Canadian prairies. Remote and unforgiving, his allotted homestead in a place called Winter is a world away from the golden suburbs of turn-of-the-century ... < Read More

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka

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When: September 29

Hostess: Aida (location tbd)

Nominated for the Man Booker Prize

“A charming comedy of eros . . . A ride that, despite the bumps and curves in the road, never feels anything less than jaunty.” —Los Angeles Times

'Two years after my mother died, my father fell in love with a glamorous blonde Ukrainian divorcee. He was eighty-four and she was thirty-six. She exploded into our lives like a fluffy pink grenade, churning up the murky water, bringing to the surface a sludge of sloughed-off memories, giving the family ghosts... < Read More

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

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When: Saturday, August 26 at 1pm
Hostess: Tina (at Alp Hut)

"Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master, is sent to an isolated farm to await execution.

Horrified at the prospect of housing a convicted murderer, the family at first avoids Agnes. Only Tv=ti, a priest Agnes has mysteriously chosen to be her spiritual guardian, seeks to understand her. But as Agnes's death looms, the farmer's wife and their daughters learn there is another side to the sensational story they've heard... < Read More

A Confession by Leo Tolstoy

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When: June 30
Hostess: Diana on Zoom / Kay in-person

A Confession, or My Confession, is a short work on the subject of melancholia, philosophy and religion by the acclaimed Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. It was written in 1879 to 1880, when Tolstoy was in his early fifties. The book is a brief autobiographical story of the author's struggle with a mid-life existential crisis... < Read More

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Next Meeting
When: June 2 (moved back a week)
Hostess: Irina

In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant--and... < Read More

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP TEN OF THE YEAR * NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 *A USA TODAY TOP TEN OF 2017 * JULY PICK FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB NOW READ THIS * FINALIST FOR THE 2018 DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE

Klara and the Sun: A novel by Kazuo Ishiguro

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When: April 28
Host: Kevin

“What stays with you in Klara and the Sun is the haunting narrative voice - a genuinely innocent, egoless perspective on the strange behavior of humans obsessed and wounded by power, status and fear.” (Booker Prize committee)

From Amazon.com: "Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her... < Read More

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Next Meeting
When: March 24** moved up a week!!
Hostess: Vré

"The #1 New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon

"A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits."—The Washington Post

Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point... < Read More

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

Next Meeting
When: February 24
Hostess: Kay

From Amazon: "He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem―ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory.

She is an astute young Housekeeper―with a ten-year-old son―who is hired to care for the Professor.

And every morning, as the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to each other anew, a strange and beautiful relationship blossoms... < Read more