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Showing posts with label Ryan. Show all posts
February 28 - Vanishing Half
At our January 31st meeting, we read Chilbury Ladies Choir by Jennifer Ryan. This is the same author as our September 2020 book, Spies on Shilling Lane. Our group was inspired by the Chilbury ladies who were dealing with the difficulties of living in England during World War II, but some found the epistolary format a bit confusing. Overall though, the book was hopeful and was well rated by our group.
"The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Ten years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' storylines intersect? Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing."
January 2022 - Chilbury Ladies' Choir
Our next Book Club meeting will be on Monday, January 31 at 3pm at the Lillie M. Evans Library. We will be reading Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan. Copies of the books are available for pickup at the library in regular print, large print and audio. In addition, the book can be read in both ebook and eaudio formats. The discussion sheet is also available for pickup or can be accessed online.
September 2020-Spies of Shilling Lane
I've missed everyone from bookgroup! We will be resuming meetings and will meet in Stevens Square on Monday, September 28 at 3pm. Please bring a chair and your book. Questions are available from the author's website.
Summary of Spies of Shilling Lane by Jennifer Ryan and readalikes (unbound content tab) are accessible through RSAcat.
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