Book Club Reading Lists

Brainerd Book Club

Meets the 4th Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm

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 at conradmarijean@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.