Remarkably Bright Creatures (2022), Shelby Van Pelt, hardcover 368 pp Discussion Leader: Priscilla Martin General Fiction, Mystery / Through her relationship with a giant Pacific octopus, a lonely widow discovers that sometimes humans don’t always have all the answers.
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The Women of Chateau Lafayette (2021), Stephanie Dray, hardcover 576 pp Discussion Leader: Elizabeth Curtin Historical Fiction / Based on the true story of a castle in France and three women who, although divided by centuries, are united in their determination to make a better life for themselves and others.
The Sweetness of Forgetting (2012), Kristin Harmel, paperback 368 pp Discussion Leader: Jyothi Shroff General Fiction, Historical Fiction / Three generations struggling to survive reach a turning point when Hope McKenna-Smith travels to Paris to uncover a 70-year-old family secret for her dying grandmother.
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak (2021), 368 pp Fiction. Set against the 1974 Greek and Turkish conflict on the island nation of Cyprus is the love story of Greek Cypriot Kostas and Turkish Cypriot Defne. The novel chronicles their eventual migration to London and the impact of their past on their daughter […]
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (2023), 448 pp Historical Fiction. A late-18th-century midwife and healer in New England investigates a murder and a rape. Based on the real-life Martha Ballard of Hallowell, Maine who recorded all the births, deaths, and scandals that happened in her frontier town. Discussion Leader: Patricia Sterling The Deercreek Book […]
The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time by Mark Haddon (2003), 224 pp General Fiction. Bittersweet tale of a 15-year-old autistic and math genius, a kind of Holden Caulfield, who speaks bravely and winningly from inside the sorrows of autism. Discussion Leader: Jan Malick The Deercreek Book Club was started in 1996 and […]
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (2018), 576 pp Family Life & Friendship. In 1974, a troubled Vietnam vet inherits a house from a fallen comrade and moves his family to the Alaskan wilderness. There he finds a landscape as raw as he is and faces daunting challenges. Discussion Leader: Maryann Grauwiler The Deercreek Book […]
How To Hepburn: Lessons on Living from Kate the Great by Karen Karbo (2007), 208 pp Nonfiction. A guidebook to using your inner Hepburn, with no-nonsense commentary from the notoriously independent actress whose freewheeling determination redefined the image of the contemporary woman. Discussion Leader: Elizabeth Curtin The Deercreek Book Club was started in 1996 and […]
Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss by Margaret Renkl (2019), 248 pp Biography & Memoir. Essays of evocative snapshots and lyrical reflections, drawn from the order of nature and the cycle of life, create a poignant tapestry. Discussion Leader: Sandy Montgomery The Deercreek Book Club was started in 1996 and welcomes new […]
