April 24 - Someone Like You
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30
At our March 27th meeting, we discussed Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner. We had a good turnout but the book didn't resonant with our members. Some didn't like the topic of loss while others felt the volume of Korean dishes mentioned was too far outside their limited knowledge. The generational gap between the author and our group members was also very apparent. A similar title, The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, might have been a better pick for us. Overall, we rated the book as average.
Our next book club will meet on Monday, April 24th at 3pm at the LME Library. The book title is Someone Like You by Karen Kingsbury. Copies are available at the desk in large print and regular print or online in ebook or eaudio. The discussion sheet can be picked up or printed online.
Someone Like You Summary: Maddie Baxter West is shaken to the core when she finds out everything she believed about her life was a lie. Her parents had always planned to tell her the truth about her past: that she was adopted as an embryo. But somehow the right moment never happened. Then a total stranger confronts Maddie with the truth and tells her something else that rocks her world--Maddie had a sister she never knew about. Betrayed, angry, and confused, Maddie leaves her new job and fiancé, rejects her family's requests for forgiveness, and moves to Portland to find out who she really is.
Someone Like You Summary: Maddie Baxter West is shaken to the core when she finds out everything she believed about her life was a lie. Her parents had always planned to tell her the truth about her past: that she was adopted as an embryo. But somehow the right moment never happened. Then a total stranger confronts Maddie with the truth and tells her something else that rocks her world--Maddie had a sister she never knew about. Betrayed, angry, and confused, Maddie leaves her new job and fiancé, rejects her family's requests for forgiveness, and moves to Portland to find out who she really is.
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