During December we will be reading A Summons to Memphis, by Peter Taylor.
A Summons to Memphis won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1987. It is the recollection of Phillip Carver, a middle aged editor from New York City, who is summoned back to Memphis by his two conniving unmarried sisters to help … read more.
During November we will be reading We Need to Talk About Kevin, by Lionel Shriver, a “…resonant story of a mother’s unsettling quest to understand her teenage son’s deadly violence, her own ambivalence toward motherhood, and the explosive link between them reverberates with the haunting … read more.
During October we will be reading A Land More Kind Than Home, by Wiley Cash. This debut novel “is a haunting tale of courage in the face of cruelty and the power of love to overcome the darkness that lives in us all.” If you would … read more.
During September, we’ll be reading Riding the Edge of an Era – Growing Up Cowboy on the Outlaw Trail, by Diana Allen Kouris. According to goodreads.com, “In this elegant and illuminating true story, Diana Allen Kouris tells of growing up on the historic Brown’s Park … read more.
During August we will be reading Pelagia and the White Bulldog, by Boris Akunin, translated by Andrew Bromfield. “Canine conspiracies, spurned lovers, murderous greed, jealousy, politics, power and knitting: Pelagia and the White Bulldog marks the beginning of an addictively entertaining new crime series staring … read more.
During July we will be reading “Bone Wars: The Excavation and Celebrity of Andrew Carnegie’s Dinosaur,” by Wyoming resident Tom Rea. According to the Jackson Hole News, the book “Includes not only the highly competitive world of the still-new science of paleontology in Wyoming and … read more.
During June, we will be reading “12 Years a Slave,” by Solomon Northup. In the introduction, Ira Berlin states “For sheer drama, few accounts of slavery match Solomon Northup’s tale of abduction from freedom and forcible enslavement.” If you would like to participate, you can pick … read more.
During May, we will be reading “The Secret Life of Bees,” by Sue Monk Kidd. According to the Washington Post, this is “The tale of one motherless daughter’s discovery of what family really means – and of the strange and wondrous places we find love.” … read more.
During April, we will be reading “Shot Down! Capital Crimes of Casper,” by Casper’s own Charlotte Babcock. Join in this great opportunity to learn about Casper’s colorful frontier history! If you would like to participate, you can pick up a copy of the book at … read more.
Our Book Club book for March is “Missing,” by Karin Alvtegen. Check out a book at the church and join our discussion on the last Monday of the month, March 27th, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
“Sibylla Forsenström doesn’t exist. For fifteen years, she has been excluded from … read more.
