The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (2023), 448 pp Historical Fiction. A late-18th-century midwife and healer in New England investigates a murder and a rape. Based on the real-life Martha Ballard of Hallowell, Maine who recorded all the births, deaths, and scandals that happened in her frontier town. Discussion Leader: Patricia Sterling The Deercreek Book […]
The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time by Mark Haddon (2003), 224 pp General Fiction. Bittersweet tale of a 15-year-old autistic and math genius, a kind of Holden Caulfield, who speaks bravely and winningly from inside the sorrows of autism. Discussion Leader: Jan Malick The Deercreek Book Club was started in 1996 and […]
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (2018), 576 pp Family Life & Friendship. In 1974, a troubled Vietnam vet inherits a house from a fallen comrade and moves his family to the Alaskan wilderness. There he finds a landscape as raw as he is and faces daunting challenges. Discussion Leader: Maryann Grauwiler The Deercreek Book […]
How To Hepburn: Lessons on Living from Kate the Great by Karen Karbo (2007), 208 pp Nonfiction. A guidebook to using your inner Hepburn, with no-nonsense commentary from the notoriously independent actress whose freewheeling determination redefined the image of the contemporary woman. Discussion Leader: Elizabeth Curtin The Deercreek Book Club was started in 1996 and […]
Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss by Margaret Renkl (2019), 248 pp Biography & Memoir. Essays of evocative snapshots and lyrical reflections, drawn from the order of nature and the cycle of life, create a poignant tapestry. Discussion Leader: Sandy Montgomery The Deercreek Book Club was started in 1996 and welcomes new […]
The Woman in The Window by A.J. Finn (2018), 464 pp General Thriller & Suspense. Unreliable narrator Dr. Anna Fox—who describes her alcoholism, agoraphobia, and the traumatizing events of her past—begins to spy on her new neighbors and witnesses a crime in their apartment. Discussion Leader: Cary Flynn The Deercreek Book Club was started in […]
Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea (2021), 432 pp Thriller/Suspense. Twenty years after an accused murderer’s first meeting with her attorney is cut short by the 9/11 attack, a shocking discovery reopens the case, and several other mysteries. Discussion Leader: Bunny George The Deercreek Book Club was started in 1996 and welcomes new members who […]
Home Front by Kristin Hannah (2012), 432 pp General Fiction. An honest look at modern marriage and an exploration of the price of war on an ordinary American family. Discussion Leader: Julie Howell The Deercreek Book Club was started in 1996 and welcomes new members who are also members of Deercreek Country Club. To learn […]
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (2021), 592 pp Historical Fiction. Four boys—three 18-year-olds who met in a juvenile reformatory, plus a brainy 8-year-old—set out from Nebraska in June, 1954, in an old Studebaker, to purse a better future. Discussion Leader: Jan Malick The Deercreek Book Club was started in 1996 and welcomes new members […]
