Showing posts with label Harper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harper. Show all posts
Hillbilly Elegy - July 30
At our June 25th bookgroup, we discussed Dry by Jane Harper. Most of the group enjoys mysteries, and this one held us all to the end. Definitely a quick read for the group and well received. We had the Oreo brownie from Frosted which was excellent!
Summary: "J. D. Vance's grandparents moved north from Kentucky's Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. However, Vance's family struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, and were never able to fully escape the legacy of poverty. A deeply moving memoir with its share of humor and colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country."
Dry by Jane Harper - June 25
At our May 21st meeting, we discussed the book Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck. Even though we all greatly enjoyed the book, we've decided we'd like to take a break from WWII historical fiction for a while. We had treats from Frosted that we're lovely.
Our next book selection is Dry by Jane Harper. We will meet at 3pm on Monday, June 25th in the new meeting room. Books are available for pickup from the front desk and discussion sheets are available in the library or online. Summary: "A small town hides big secrets in The Dry. After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend, Luke. Twenty years ago when Falk was accused of murder, Luke was his alibi. Falk and his father fled under a cloud of suspicion, saved from prosecution only because of Luke's steadfast claim that the boys had been together at the time of the crime. But now more than one person knows they didn't tell the truth back then, and Luke is dead. Amid the worst drought in a century, Falk and the local detective question what really happened to Luke. As Falk reluctantly investigates to see if there's more to Luke's death than there seems to be, long-buried mysteries resurface, as do the lies that have haunted them. And Falk will find that small towns have always hidden big secrets."
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
You are visitor:
