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2023 Book Selections
June 20, 2023
The Girl from Berlin by Kate Hewitt, Fiction, 406 pages
Berlin, 1936: From her beautiful new home a young woman named Liesel Scholz barely notices the changes to the city around her. Her life is one of privilege and safety thanks to her father’s job working for the new government. But soon a change encounter with Rosa, the daughter of their Jewish housekeeper, leaves Liesel in no doubt that something isn’t right. When Rosa begs Liesel to help – pressing her grandfather’s gold pocket watch into Liesel’s hand – Liesel recklessly agrees.
Frankfurt, 1946: An idealistic American captain, Sam Houghton, arrives in Germany to interrogate prominent Nazis on trial and to help rebuild a battered country. He hires and enigmatic and damaged woman named Anna as his interpreter. But, as sparks fly between them, the question of what happened to Anna in the war raises its head. Led by Jeanne Paige
July 18, 2023
The Maid by Nita Prose, Fiction, 280 pages
A Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.
Led by Nancy Goddard
August 15, 2023
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, Fiction, 299 pages
The choices we make determine not only our life but the lives of others. Is there a right choice?
Led by Mary Lofgren
Other Books to consider:
Celebration of Discipline by Richard J. Foster
Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Sycamore Row by John Grisham
Her Hidden Genius by Marie Benedict
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
The Girl from Berlin by Kate Hewitt, Fiction, 406 pages
Berlin, 1936: From her beautiful new home a young woman named Liesel Scholz barely notices the changes to the city around her. Her life is one of privilege and safety thanks to her father’s job working for the new government. But soon a change encounter with Rosa, the daughter of their Jewish housekeeper, leaves Liesel in no doubt that something isn’t right. When Rosa begs Liesel to help – pressing her grandfather’s gold pocket watch into Liesel’s hand – Liesel recklessly agrees.
Frankfurt, 1946: An idealistic American captain, Sam Houghton, arrives in Germany to interrogate prominent Nazis on trial and to help rebuild a battered country. He hires and enigmatic and damaged woman named Anna as his interpreter. But, as sparks fly between them, the question of what happened to Anna in the war raises its head. Led by Jeanne Paige
July 18, 2023
The Maid by Nita Prose, Fiction, 280 pages
A Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.
Led by Nancy Goddard
August 15, 2023
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, Fiction, 299 pages
The choices we make determine not only our life but the lives of others. Is there a right choice?
Led by Mary Lofgren
Other Books to consider:
Celebration of Discipline by Richard J. Foster
Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Sycamore Row by John Grisham
Her Hidden Genius by Marie Benedict
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Horse by Geraldine Brooks