The Women of Chateau Lafayette (2021), Stephanie Dray, hardcover 576 pp Discussion Leader: Elizabeth Curtin Historical Fiction / Based on the true story of a castle in France and three women who, although divided by centuries, are united in their determination to make a better life for themselves and others.
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Remarkably Bright Creatures (2022), Shelby Van Pelt, hardcover 368 pp Discussion Leader: Priscilla Martin General Fiction, Mystery / Through her relationship with a giant Pacific octopus, a lonely widow discovers that sometimes humans don’t always have all the answers.
One of our favorite DWA evenings is here! Please join the DWA Board to celebrate our birthday, meet up with old friends and make new ones. It's also the time to renew your membership, so please bring your check for $30 made payable to DWA. If you cannot attend then you can return the membership […]
The Poisonwood Bible (1998), Barbara Kingsolver Historical Fiction / An evangelical Baptist minister takes his wife and four daughters from Georgia to the Belgian Congo in 1959, and findshis mission calamitously transformed. Discussion leader Jill Mountan
Someone Else’s Shoes (2023), JoJo Moyes, hardcover 448 pp Discussion Leader: Cary Flynn General Fiction / In a spin on the classic plot where characters swap circumstances, two women suddenly find themselves invisible — to their spouses, colleagues, the world — and find joy in being “seen” by each other.
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.
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.
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.
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 […]