The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid

 

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When: February 28
Hostess: Irina


Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?

Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career. … < Read More

Madame Gstaad by Gottfried and Andrea von Siebenthal: One of the authors will be present!

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When: January 24, 2025  POSTPONED UNTIL FEB 7
Hostess: Carina

The true life story of Emilie Steffen-von Siebenthal is also the story of her village, Gstaad, from a small, poor hamlet to a world-famous health resort.

Born in 1846 into a poor family with 14 children, Emilie left her homeland as a young woman in search of a better life… <Read More

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Circling the Sun by Paula McLain

Brought to Kenya from England as a child and then abandoned by her mother, Beryl Markham is raised by both her father and the native Kipsigis tribe who share his estate. Her unconventional upbringing transforms Beryl into a bold young woman with a fierce love of all things wild and an inherent understanding of nature’s delicate balance. But even the wild child must grow up, and when everything Beryl knows and trusts dissolves, she is catapulted into a string of disastrous relationships. Beryl forges her own path as a horse trainer, and her uncommon style attracts the eye of the Happy Valley set, a decadent, bohemian community of European expats who also live and love by their own set of rules. But it’s the ruggedly charismatic Denys Finch Hatton ... < Read More

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When: November 22 (**moved one week early)
Hostess: Helen

Stoner by John Williams

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When: October 25
Hostess: Kathrin

William Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming family. Sent to the state university to study agronomy, he instead falls in love with English literature and embraces a scholar’s life, so different from the hardscrabble existence he has known. And yet as the years pass, Stoner encounters a succession of disappointments: marriage into a “proper” family estranges him from his parents; his career is stymied; his wife and daughter turn coldly away from him; a transforming experience of new  > Read More

The Radleys by Matt Haig

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When: September 27
Hostess: Hazel

From Goodreads:

The Radleys are an everyday family who juggle dysfunctional lives. Except, as Peter and Helen Radley know but their children have yet to find out, the Radleys happen to be a family of abstaining vampires. When one night Clara finds herself driven to commit a bloodthirsty act, her parents decide to explain a few things...<Read More

Elefant by Martin Suter

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When: August 31 at 3pm (special exception date change)

Hostess: Eva 

The international bestseller about friendship, second chances, and a tiny glow-in-the-dark pink elephant

What would you do if you woke up to see a living, breathing, tiny, glowing, pink elephant? If you’re anything like Schoch, who lives on the streets of Zürich and is decidedly down on his luck, you might well think it’s time to put away the bottle before your... < Read More

The Details: A Novel

 
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When: June 28

Hostess: Cristina 

From Amazon: Featured in The New Yorker's "Best Books of 2023" *Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize

A woman lies bedridden from a high fever. Suddenly she is struck with an urge to revisit a novel from her past. Inside the book is an inscription: a get-well-soon message from Johanna, an ex-girlfriend who is now a famous television host. As she flips through the book, pages from the woman’s own past begin to come alive, scenes of events and people she cannot forget... < Read More