Book Club for Adults
Fiction Book ClubTuesday, November 4th | 7:00pm (Different week due to closure)
Crow Talk by Eileen Garvin
December 9th- Horse by Geraldine Brooks
January 13th- Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
February 10th- Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
March 10th- Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff
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Nationally bestselling author of The Music of Bees Eileen Garvin returns with a moving story of hope, healing, and unexpected friendship set amidst the wild natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest.
Frankie O’Neill and Anne Ryan would seem to have nothing in common. Frankie is a lonely ornithologist struggling to salvage her dissertation on the spotted owl following a rift with her advisor. Anne is an Irish musician far from home and family, raising her five-year-old son, Aiden, who refuses to speak.
At Beauty Bay, a community of summer homes nestled on the shores of June Lake, in the remote foothills of Mount Adams, it’s off-season with most houses shuttered for the fall. But Frankie, adrift, returns to the rundown caretaker’s cottage that has been in the hardworking O'Neill family for generations—a beloved place and a constant reminder of the family she has lost. And Anne, in the wake of a tragedy that has disrupted her career and silenced her music, has fled to the neighboring house, a showy summer home owned by her husband's wealthy family.
When Frankie finds an injured baby crow in the forest, little does she realize that the charming bird will bring all three lost souls—Frankie, Anne, and Aiden—together on a journey toward hope, healing, and rediscovering joy. Crow Talk is an achingly beautiful story of love, grief, friendship, and the healing power of nature in the darkest of times.
Senior Book ClubWednesday, November 19th | 1:00pm | Chehalem Senior Center
The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft
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December 18th- The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry
January 21st- The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson
Febuary 18th- Isola by Allegra Goodman
March 18th- 10 Marchfield Square by Nicola Whyte
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BYWALL STREET JOURNAL, ELLE, TOWN & COUNTRY, ELECTRIC LITERATURE, LIBRARY JOURNAL, CRIMEREADS, DOCUMENT JOURNAL, AND WORDS WITHOUT BORDERS * NAMED A MUST READ BY NPR, PEOPLE, VANITY FAIR, NYLON, ALTA JOURNAL, AND DEBUTIFUL
International Booker Prize-winning translator and Women's Prize finalist Jennifer Croft's madly brilliant mystery novel of transformation and translation in Europe's last great wilderness.
Eight translators gather in the primeval forest home of the world-renowned Irena Rey. They are there to translate her magnum opus together, but within days of their arrival, Irena disappears.
The translators embark on a frantic search, delving into ancient woods filled with strange flora, fauna, and fungi and examining her enigmatic texts and belongings for clues. But doing so reveals secrets they are utterly unprepared for, and they quickly find themselves tangled up in a web of rivalries and desires that threaten not only their work, but the fate of their beloved author herself.
Mystery/Thriller Book ClubThursday, November 20th | 7:00pm
My Murder by Katie Williams
December 18th- The Continental Affair by Christine Mangan
January 22nd- More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez
February 19th- Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
March 19th- The Paris Mystery by Kristi Manning
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER | NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND GLAMOUR!
What if the murder you had to solve was your own?
Lou is a happily married mother of an adorable toddler. She’s also the victim of a local serial killer. Recently brought back to life and returned to her grieving family by a government project, she is grateful for this second chance. But as the new Lou re-adapts to her old routines, and as she bonds with other female victims, she realizes that disturbing questions remain about what exactly preceded her death and how much she can really trust those around her.
Now it’s not enough to care for her child, love her husband, and work the job she’s always enjoyed—she must also figure out the circumstances of her death. Darkly comic, tautly paced, and full of surprises, My Murder is a devour-in-one-sitting, clever twist on the classic thriller.
