Events
This month, experience post-Tiananmen China in Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong. The novel combines the beauty of poetry with the politics of ‘90’s China in an intelligent police procedural. It won the 2001 Anthony Award for Best First novel.
Three Adventures on a Winter Night features the opportunity to meet three great authors with three different adventures. You may enjoy award-winning Carol Berg’s Spirit Lens, the start of her new science fiction series of political and magical intrigue. Or perhaps you would prefer Soliloquy by Janet Fogg, a World War II time travel story with adventure and romance. Maybe the story that appeals most is Ashes of the Red Heifer by Shannon Baker, a thriller in which a prophecy may be fulfilled with the fate of the world at stake. Whatever your taste, you’ll find a book to cozy up to on a long winter’s night.
This month we will be discussing Eudora Welty’s The Optimist’s Daughter. This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is a meditation on the complexities of love and grief, written in spare, beautiful prose.
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Join us as we explore the Amazon forest along with Percy Fawcett in The Lost City of Z. David Grann attempts to trace the lost Fawcett expedition in their hunt for a mysterious ancient Amazonian city which may or may not have existed. You’ll be captivated by the dangers and struggles of each expedition.
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This month, we’ll be discussing Into the Storm: Destroyermen by Taylor Anderson. The story follows a rag-tag WWII era destroyer that is pulled into an alternate world where other species than humans have evolved intelligence. Deadly warfare and great action scenes should keep you riveted.
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This month we’ll be discussing The Singing Sands by the incomparable Josephine Tey. A dead body, a scrap of poetry, and a mystery all combine to send Inspector Grant into the Hebrides for one more case.
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