Under the Influence (2021) Hilary Rose Bodiford FICTION/murder mystery/about three social media “influencers” and the dark side of those who create and consume social media content. Interested in Joining? The Deercreek Book Club was started in 1996. We welcome new members. To learn more or join, please contact Patricia Sterling at patriciasterling@gmail.com.
The Magnolia Palace (2022), Fiona Davis, hardcover 352 pp DISCUSSION LEADER: Maryann Grauwiler Historical Fiction, Mystery / The lives of two women, fifty years apart, are changed at the Frick mansion in New York City, where their lives intersect through secrets, betrayal and murder.
The Poisonwood Bible (1998), Barbara Kingsolver, Deckle Edge, June 2008, paperback 576 DISCUSSION LEADER: Jill Mountan Historical Fiction / A fierce, evangelical Baptist minister takes his wife and four daughters to the Belgian Congo in 1959, carrying racial preconceptions forged in 1950s Georgia, and finds his mission calamitously transformed.
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World (2016), Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, & Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams, hardcover 368 pp DISCUSSION LEADER: Jyothi Shroff Personal Growth, Philosophy / Conversations about how to find joy amid suffering during a 7-day meeting between the Dalai […]
Lessons in Chemistry (2022), Bonnie Garmus, hardcover 400 pp DISCUSSION LEADER: Marty Walker General Fiction / A feminist tale set in 1950s and 60s California about one-of-a-kind scientist Elizabeth Zott, whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a TV cooking show.
This Tender Land (2020), William Kent Krueger, paperback 464 pp DISCUSSION LEADER: Brenda Edwards Historical Fiction / Four orphan children flee the brutal Lincoln Indian Training School in southern Minnesota and embark upon an epic coming-of-age journey through the Depression-era Midwestern U.S.
A Christmas Carol (1843), Charles Dickens, Penguin Christmas Classics, October 2014, hardcover 144 pp DISCUSSION LEADER: Priscilla Martin Victorian Literature / Elderly miser Ebenezer Scrooge is transformed by visitations from ghosts of his past.