Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor by Stephanie Barron Fiction suggested by Janet The first “Being A Jane Austen Mystery”; the detective is a fictional Jane Austen. Jane’s friend newly married Countess Isobel is accused of adultery and murder. from Amazon – For everyone who loves Jane Austen . . . a marvelously entertaining […]
Category: Books Future Ideas
Books we are considering reading and discussing in the future. We’ll be voting on these to select the next several months’ worth. If you have books you’d like to discuss, please send your recommendations on the “contact” page, or bring them to the next meeting!
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Long Island Compromise
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner Fiction suggested by Barbara 1980 a wealthy businessman is brutally kidnapped and returned one week later. Forty years later all the family is still suffering the repercussions. Amazon: In 1980, a wealthy businessman named Carl Fletcher is kidnapped from his driveway, brutalized, and held for ransom. He is returned […]
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The Phoenix Ballroom
The Phoenix Ballroom by Ruth Hogan Fiction suggested by Susan After 50 years putting family first, wealthy widow Venetia is left with a beautiful but empty home. She declares her independence, gets a makeover, and adopts a dog. From Amazon – It’s never too late to start dancing again… For fifty years, Venetia Hargreaves’s world […]
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Raising Hare
Raising Hare: A Memoir by Chloe Dalton Non-Fiction suggested by Joyce In 2021 the author finds a newborn hare. She feeds and cares for it, and it becomes her constant companion, wandering the woods at night, returning to Dalton by day. From Amazon – Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine […]
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A Year of the Hunter
A Year of the Hunter by Czeslaw Milosz, translated by Madeline G. Levine Non-Fiction suggested by Shirley One year in Nobelist Milosz’ life, remembering his youth and the writers’ groups of Warsaw and Paris, his life in Berkeley in the sixties. Has he lived his life decently? Note: This book is hard to find on […]