Book Discussion Groups
Our June title is The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
In this gothic horror story, a young governess is sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans. She soon becomes convinced that something dark is menacing her young charges. Henry James's masterpiece is considered to be the greatest ghost story ever written.
Our May title is Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
At a lavish birthday party in South America, a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. A panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different. With music as their only common language, the terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become compatriots, friends, and lovers.
Our April title is The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
The tragedy of the Compson family features some of the most memorable characters in literature. Their lives fragmented and harrowed by history and legacy, the character’s voices and actions mesh to create what is arguably Faulkner’s masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.
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Our March title is Swing Time by Zadie Smith, an ambitious, exuberant novel, following two brown girls who dream of being dancers, from London to West Africa and back again. Swing Time addresses race, class, and gender, and considers; given who we are, who we are told that we are not, and who we imagine we might become, how do we find our way home?
Our February title is Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
Part satire, part morality tale, this is an incisive portrait of a man passionately devoted to science. Destined to become a physician and a researcher, Arrowsmith discovers that societal forces of ignorance, greed, and corruption can be as life-threatening as the plague. REGISTER HERE.