Books we have chosen for the upcoming months.
Finbar’s Hotel edited by Dermot Bolger Fiction suggested by Shirley Seven of Ireland’s most acclaimed writers recount the last wild and disreputable night of a once proud Dublin hotel that has definitely seen much better times. From Amazon – It calls itself a novel, but Finbar’s Hotel is really more a collection of related short […]
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans Fiction suggested by Janet Most mornings Sybil writes letters. Then letters from her past disrupt her stable life, and she cannot move forward until she fiinds it in her heart to offer forgiveness. From Amazon – Filled with knowledge that only comes from a life fully lived, The Correspondent is […]
A Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children by Haley Cohen Gilliland Non-Fiction suggested by Joyce In 1976 a military junta took over Argentina. To crush the political left, they kidnapped hundreds of pregnant women; after giving birth, the women are […]
My Friends by Fredrik Backman Fiction suggested by Janet A funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger’s life twenty-five years later. From Amazon – Most people don’t even notice them—three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the […]