Come enjoy discussing newer fiction and nonfiction titles. We meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 1 p.m. When we meet, we start by sharing books we’ve read recently, then discuss that month’s book. You do not have to read the book to attend the meeting.
This month we will be meeting on Tuesday, December 3 at 1 p.m. in Meeting Room A.
In December, we'll be discussing Tom Lake by Ann Patchett. "In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.
Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart. As in all of her novels, Ann Patchett combines compelling narrative artistry with piercing insights into family dynamics. The result is a rich and luminous story, told with profound intelligence and emotional subtlety, that demonstrates once again why she is one of the most revered and acclaimed literary talents working today.” Description provided by the publisher
Upcoming titles:
January: The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
February: James by Percival Everett
March: The Women by Kristin Hannah
April: On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service by Anthony Fauci
May: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
June: Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
Previous titles:
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
A Land Remembered by Patrick D. Smith
The Princess of Las Vegas by Chris Bohjalian
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
Interested in other book clubs? The Alachua County Library District has several. You can find more information on our Book Clubs page.