Avid Readers
Every Third Tuesday at 6 pm
2022 Book Selections
July 26, 2022 (rescheduled): Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. Science Fiction. 320 pages. Just how far will parents go to give their children a significant advantage in life even at the risk of their children’s lives? The story takes place in a future where technology has rendered many “postemployed” and is narrated by a very observant android named Klara. Klara is designed and programmed to be a companion (Artificial Friend) for adolescent children. It addresses the structure of human society and what it means to be human. Led by Susan Gilfeather.
Tuesday, August 16, 2022: The Girl from Berlin by Ronald Balson. Historical Fiction. 410 pages. A New York attorney and her husband are enlisted to help a friend’s aunt in Tuscany who is being evicted from her home. The hidden story of Ada’s past during WWII unfolds as the scheme to evict her is revealed.
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Also Recommended:
Benedict, Marie, The Other Einstein, The Only Woman in the Room
Camus, Albert, The Plague
The Constitution of the United States
Didion, Joan, Where I Was From
Doiron, Paul, The Poacher’s Son and others in the Mike Bowditch series
Gilman, David, The Englishman
Goldring, Suzanne, My Name is Eva
Haig, Matt, Midnight Library
Hunter, Georgia, We Were the Lucky Ones
Kleinman, Arthur, The Soul of Care, The Moral Education of a Husband and Doctor
Kline, Christina Baker, The Exiles
Skloot, Rebecca, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Tierney, P.J., Theocracy: Can American Democracy Survive Fundamentalism?
Whitehead, Colson, The Nickel Boys
Wingate, Lisa, Good Hope Road
Tuesday, August 16, 2022: The Girl from Berlin by Ronald Balson. Historical Fiction. 410 pages. A New York attorney and her husband are enlisted to help a friend’s aunt in Tuscany who is being evicted from her home. The hidden story of Ada’s past during WWII unfolds as the scheme to evict her is revealed.
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Also Recommended:
Benedict, Marie, The Other Einstein, The Only Woman in the Room
Camus, Albert, The Plague
The Constitution of the United States
Didion, Joan, Where I Was From
Doiron, Paul, The Poacher’s Son and others in the Mike Bowditch series
Gilman, David, The Englishman
Goldring, Suzanne, My Name is Eva
Haig, Matt, Midnight Library
Hunter, Georgia, We Were the Lucky Ones
Kleinman, Arthur, The Soul of Care, The Moral Education of a Husband and Doctor
Kline, Christina Baker, The Exiles
Skloot, Rebecca, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Tierney, P.J., Theocracy: Can American Democracy Survive Fundamentalism?
Whitehead, Colson, The Nickel Boys
Wingate, Lisa, Good Hope Road