Showing posts with label Women in the Castle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Women in the Castle. Show all posts
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."
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.
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