Join us at the Alachua Branch for a fun monthly book discussion. Each month we will select one Adult Fiction or Nonfiction title to read and discuss it as a group. Meetings will be held on the third Tuesday of each month at 2 p.m. in the Meeting Room. Copies of the current book will be available upon request at the Circulation Desk. To confirm availability, please call 386-462-2592 or email lcowart@aclib.us.
Currently Reading:
The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner
Tuesday, July 16, 2 p.m., Alachua Branch Meeting Room
When her twenty-two-year-old stepdaughter announces her engagement to her pandemic boyfriend, Sarah Danhauser is shocked. But the wheels are in motion. Headstrong Ruby has already set a date (just three months away!) and spoken to her beloved safta, Sarah’s mother Veronica, about having the wedding at the family’s beach house on Cape Cod. Sarah might be worried, but Veronica is thrilled to be bringing the family together one last time before putting the big house on the market.
But the road to a wedding day usually comes with a few bumps. Ruby has always known exactly what she wants, but as the wedding date approaches, she finds herself grappling with the wounds left by the mother who walked out when she was a baby. Veronica ends up facing unexpected news, thanks to her meddling sister, and must revisit the choices she made long ago, when she was a bestselling novelist with a different life. Sarah’s twin brother, Sam, is recovering from a terrible loss, and confronting big questions about who he is—questions he hopes to resolve during his stay on the Cape. Sarah’s husband, Eli, who’s been inexplicably distant during the pandemic, confronts the consequences of a long ago lapse from his typical good-guy behavior. And Sarah, frustrated by her husband, concerned about her stepdaughter, and worn out by challenges of life during quarantine, faces the alluring reappearance of someone from her past and a life that could have been.
When the wedding day arrives, lovers are revealed as their true selves, misunderstandings take on a life of their own, and secrets come to light. There are confrontations and revelations that will touch each member of the extended family, ensuring that nothing will ever be the same. (Goodreads)
Upcoming Meetings:
August 20 - Good Company by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
September 17 - The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes
October 15 - Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
Previously Read:
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
The Maid by Nita Prose
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Something Wilder by Christina Lauren
As Long As We Both Shall Live by JoAnn Chaney
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Interested in other book clubs? Learn about all our groups on our Book Clubs page.