yes, the lure of the book is always there.......
Our book group members are suggesting:
- The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring (2007) by Richard Preston. Fascinating accounts of climbing the giant Redwood trees and what wonders they are....
- Daisy Jones and the Six (2019) by Taylor Jenkins Reid. A fiction book, think Fleetwood Mac and the girl singer. Reese Witherspoon has optioned the book for a movie.
- Notes from a Public Typewriter (2018) by Michael Gustafson. The owner of Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor shares thoughts and experiences of running a bookstore along with the notes typed by customers on the typewriter in the store. Read this!!! Then plan a day trip to Ann Arbor to visit the store. Purchase a book - support our independent bookstores.
- The Marsh King's Daughter (2017) by Karen Dionne. Takes place in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. A psychological thriller - full of suspense and mystery
- The Alice Network (2017) by Kate Quinn. Historical Fiction - Espionage - Female spies - WWI Fiction
- The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee (2014) by Marja Mills. Harper Lee was a very private individual who only published one book in her lifetime - but what a book!
- Leadership: in Turbulent Times (2018) - Doris Kearns Goodwin. An examination of 4 presidents and their leadership during 4 crisis.
- Abraham Lincoln & the Emancipation Proclamation
- Theodore Roosevelt & the Coal Strike
- Franklin Roosevelt & the first 100 days of the Great Depression
- Lyndon Johnson & the Civil Rights Act
- The Radium Girls: the Dark Story of America's Shining Women (2017) by Kate Moore. We will be discussing this book on October 3rd in book group. Come join us!