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Amen, Amen, Amen Virtual Book Discussion
Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn’t Stop Praying (among other things) by Abby Sher. Published in 2009. Synopsis: After witnessing a string of traumatic deaths in her childhood and adolescence (her aunt, her father, a girl from … Continue reading
March Virtual Book Discussion
March by Geraldine Brooks. Published in 2005. Synopsis: This work of historical fiction is told from the point-of-view of Mr. March, the absent father in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. Set during the Civil War, Mr. March serves as an … Continue reading
Olive Kitteridge Virtual Book Discussion
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. Published in 2008. Synopsis: Set in the small town of Crosby, Maine, this collection of inter-connected short stories has one thing in common: the complex character of Olive Kitteridge, a retired math teacher. While the … Continue reading
The Lovers Virtual Book Discussion
The Lovers by Vendela Vida. Published in 2010. Synopsis: Recently widowed, Yvonne returns to the coastal village in Turkey where she and her husband honeymooned twenty-eight years ago. The week she had set aside for vacation doesn’t go quite as … Continue reading
Becky A. Johnson 