Thanks to everyone for your ideas and suggestions. We have tried to put together a list that is varied in subject, genre and level of seriousness. We are sorry we could not include everyone's suggestions, but we have done our best to include a range of books that we hope will lead to some good reading and more of our great discussions.
Linda and Denise
TYC Book Club Selections for the 2013 Reading Season
Book #1 In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
March 5th, 2013 Tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m.
This nonfiction book is set in Berlin as Adolph Hitler is coming to power. It follows the life of the American ambassador, William Dodd, who becomes increasingly aware of the changes that are coming to Germany.The story begins in 1933. It takes us back to a time in history when the world did not understand the grave threat posed by Hitler. It is a gripping story that reads like fiction even though everything in it is historically accurate.
Book #2 The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani
Sunday, May 19th at 12:00 in TYC Clubhouse
If you want to learn how to craft a happy life, skip the self-help books and study the characters in The Shoemaker's Wife. Here, as she does in much of her writing, Adriana Trigiani focuses on love, friendship and family, the kind you're born into and the kind you create when your own family isn't available.... As we learn from her story, we're responsible for our creating our own happiness.... Trigiani gives us a road map to a happy life. You'll have trouble putting this novel down.
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Book #3 The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
June 9th at 12:00 p.m. at TYC Clubhouse
Contending with ghosts and with a (mostly) scary bunch of living people, Setterfield's sensible heroine is, like Jane Eyre, full of repressed feeling-and is unprepared for both heartache and romance. And like Jane, she's a real reader and makes a terrific narrator. That's where the comparisons end, but Setterfield, who lives in Yorkshire, offers graceful storytelling that has its own pleasures.
Publishers Weekly
Book #4 An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude by Amy Vanderhoof
July 14th at 12:00 at TYC Clubhouse
This book was enthusiastically recommended by several book club members. It is the story of a couple from Toronto, who embark on a two-year voyage from Toronto to the West Indies. It also has lots of good recipes.
Book #5 State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
August 11th at 12:00 p.m. at TYC Clubhouse
Award-winning...bestselling author Ann Patchett (Bel Canto, The Magician's Assistant) returns with a provocative novel of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforest--a gripping adventure story and a profound look at the difficult choices we make in the name of discovery and love. (from Good Reads)
Here's a short comment from Ann Patchett that you might like:
http://www.pw.org/content/ann_patchett
Book #6 The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
September 15th at 12:00 p.m. at TYC Clubhouse
A deeply evocative story of ambition and betrayal, The Paris Wife captures a remarkable period of time and a love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley.
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| June meeting of TYC Book Club |
