Next Book Group meeting will be May 14th, 2024, at 4 pm in the library.
Reading Selection for discussion
at the April Meeting: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening—until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, a moment of great beauty, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become compatriots, intimate friends, and lovers.
Patchett's lyrical prose and lucid imagination make Bel Canto a captivating story of strength and frailty, love and imprisonment, and an inspiring tale of transcendent romance. |
Janurary - July 2024 Reading List:
January Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks *Libby, Audio CD February The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson *Audio CD March The Sentence by Louise Erdrich *Libby, Audio CD April Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates *Libby, Audio CD May Bel Canto by Ann Patchett *Libby, Audio CD June Walking with the Great Apes Sy Montgomery *No Audio version available July All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr *Libby, Audio CD * Titles with audio versions and where to find them. If you would like an Audio CD version, please ask to order it ahead of time. |