Women in the Castle - May 21
At our April meeting, we discussed the book, Killers of the Flower Moon. It was very well received by the group and everyone felt that there hasn't been enough of Native American history taught at school. We had cookies and turnovers from Frosted.
Summary for Women in the Castle: Three women, haunted by the past and the secrets they hold. Amid the ashes of Nazi Germany's defeat, Marianne von Lingenfels returns to the once-grand castle of her husband's ancestors, an imposing stone fortress now fallen into ruin following years of war. The widow of a resister murdered in the failed July 20, 1944, plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Marianne plans to uphold the promise she made to her husband's brave conspirators: to find and protect their wives, her fellow resistance widows. As Marianne assembles this makeshift family from the ruins of her husband's resistance movement, she is certain their shared pain and circumstances will hold them together. But she quickly discovers that the black-and-white, highly principled world of her privileged past has become infinitely more complicated, filled with secrets and dark passions that threaten to tear them apart. Eventually, all three women must come to terms with the choices that have defined their lives before, during, and after the war--each with their own unique share of challenges.
April 30 - Killers of the Flower Moon
At our March 26th meeting, we discussed Beartown by Fredrik Backman. The book club has read two other of Bachman's novels including A Man Called Ove and My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry. For Beartown, most readers felt the book had a slow start but overall was extremely well written. Many of us thought it would be about hockey, but it's not. If you like well defined characters, books about topical issues, or community dynamics, this book will not disappoint. The second book in the series, Us Against You, will be coming out in June 2018. For refreshments, we had cookies and cupcakes from Frosted Bakery.
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