Book: Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha RaoDate: March 29, 7pm Poornima and Savitha have three strikes against them: they are poor, they are ambitious, and they are girls. After her mother’s death, Poornima has very little kindness in her life. She is left to care for her siblings until her…

Book: Moon Tiger by Penelope LivelyDate: Friday, February 22, 2019; 7pm The elderly Claudia Hampton, a best-selling author of popular history; lies alone in a London hospital bed. Memories of her life still glow in her fading consciousness, but she imagines writing a history of the world. Instead, Moon Tiger…

Book: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah When: Friday, January 25th, 2019 Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live…

Book: We Are Called to Rise by Laura McBride When: Friday, November 30 Avis thought her marriage had hit a temporary rut. But with a single confession in the middle of the night, her carefully constructed life comes undone. After escaping a tumultuous childhood and raising a son, she now…

Book: Coraline by Neil Gaiman When: Friday, October 26, 7pm Summary: When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But there’s another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They…