Join us for discussion, refreshments, and sharing as we meet each month to discuss our latest book selection. Originally founded by beloved librarian Pat Coleman, this book club seeks to carry on her love of reading. Members take turns suggesting books.
All are welcome to join. The library orders books in advance which can be checked out as needed.
They meet on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm at a member’s home while the renovations are taking place. Email Marijean for the location atconradmarijean@gmail.com.
Wednesday, January 22nd at 6:30pm
The Beans of Egypt, Maine
By Carolyn Chute
The Beans of Egypt, Maine introduced the world to the notorious, unforgettable Bean clan of small town Egypt, Maine from wild man Reuben, an alcoholic who can’t seem to keep himself out of jail; to his cousins, the perpetually pregnant Roberta, and Beal, a man gentle by temperament but violent in defeat who marries his pious neighbor, Earlene Pomerleau before poverty kills him. Through her story of the Beans’s struggle with their inner demons to survive against hardship and societal ignorance, Chute emerged as a writer of immense humanity and unparalleled insight into a world most of us knew little of, if we’d recognized it at all.
Wednesday, May 28th at 6:30pm
Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel Paperback – May 1, 2017
by Mark Sullivan
Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours.
Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager―obsessed with music, food, and girls―but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, and falls for Anna, a beautiful widow six years his senior.
In an attempt to protect him, Pino’s parents force him to enlist as a German soldier―a move they think will keep him out of combat. But after Pino is injured, he is recruited at the tender age of eighteen to become the personal driver for Adolf Hitler’s left hand in Italy, General Hans Leyers, one of the Third Reich’s most mysterious and powerful commanders.
Now, with the opportunity to spy for the Allies inside the German High Command, Pino endures the horrors of the war and the Nazi occupation by fighting in secret, his courage bolstered by his love for Anna and for the life he dreams they will one day share.
Fans of All the Light We Cannot See, The Nightingale, and Unbroken will enjoy this riveting saga of history, suspense, and love.
Wednesday, January 22nd at 6:30pm
