Book Group Meeting
Fierce Little Thing by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore – Book Group Meeting
Denmark Public Library 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, United StatesFierce Little Thing THE EXCITING NEWS IS THAT THE AUTHOR, MIRANDA BEVERLY-WHITTEMORE, IS PLANNING TO JOIN US VIA ZOOM! PLEASE BE SURE TO BRING YOUR QUESTIONS! We will be talking about her newest novel: Fierce Little Thing which is set here in Denmark! You can read reviews, including one in the New York Times, […]
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich – Book Group Meeting
Denmark Public Library 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, United StatesThe Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich’s grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C., this powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity […]
When Justice Sleeps by Stacy Abrams – Book Group Meeting
Denmark Public Library 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, United StatesWhen Justice Sleeps by Stacy Abrams A gripping, complexly plotted thriller set within the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court. It is a cunningly crafted, sophisticated novel, layered with myriad twists and a vibrant cast of characters. Drawing on her astute inside knowledge of the court and political landscape, Stacey Abrams shows herself to be […]
Book Group – The Age of Innocence or The House of Mirth, By Edith Wharton
Either or Both - We wanted to delve into something written 100 years ago. “Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton’s masterful portrait of desire and betrayal during the sumptuous Golden Age of Old New York, a time when society people “dreaded scandal more than disease.” From Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53835.The_Age_of_Innocence?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ZixUPJmsvJ&rank=1 “First […]
Book Group – The Field House: A Writer’s Life Lost and Found on an Island in Maine by Robin Clifford Wood
"Born of illustrious New England stock, Rachel Field was a National Book Award–winning novelist, a Newbery Medal–winning children’s writer, a poet, playwright, and rising Hollywood success in the early twentieth century. Her light was abruptly extinguished at the age of forty-seven, when she died at the pinnacle of her personal happiness and professional acclaim. Fifty years […]
Book Group – The Last Green Valley by Mark T. Sullivan
"A historical novel inspired by one family’s incredible story of daring, survival, and triumph. In late March 1944, as Stalin’s forces push into Ukraine, young Emil and Adeline Martel must make a terrible decision: Do they wait for the Soviet bear’s intrusion and risk being sent to Siberia? Or do they reluctantly follow the wolves—murderous […]
Book Group – The Flower Boat Girl: A novel based on a true story of the woman who became the most powerful pirate in history by Larry Feign
"Her father traded away her youth. Sea bandits stole her freedom. She has one way to get them back: Become the most powerful pirate in the world." Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57874519-the-flower-boat-girl?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=iCtdFVY0ru&rank=1
Book Group – Gilded Mountain by Kate Manning
Denmark Public Library 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, United StatesJune 13, at 4:00: Gilded Mountain by Kate Manning "This “stellar read” ( Los Angeles Times ) is an exhilarating tale of an unforgettable young woman who bravely exposes the corruption that enriched her father’s employers in early 1900s Colorado. In a voice infused with sly humor, Sylvie Pelletier recounts leaving her family’s snowbound mountain cabin […]
Book Group – Lessons in Chemistry by Barbara Garmus
Denmark Public Library 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, United StatesJuly 11 at 4:00 Lessons in Chemistry by Barbara Garmus From Goodreads: Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very […]
Book Group – David Copperfield by Charles Dickens and/or Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver.
Denmark Public Library 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, United StatesSept 12 at 4:00 David Copperfield by Charles Dickens and/or Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. David Copperfield from Goodreads: David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are […]
Book Group – Postcard From Italy by Angela Petch.
Denmark Public Library 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, United StatesOct 10 at 4:00 Postcard From Italy by Angela Petch. From Goodreads: Italy, 1945. ‘Where am I?’ The young man wakes, bewildered. He sees olive trees against a bright blue sky. A soft voice soothes him. ‘We saw you fall from your plane. The parachute saved you.’ He remembers nothing of his life, or the war […]
Book Group :A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812. by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.
Denmark Public Library 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, United StatesOn April 9, the book group will dicuss A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812. by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. From GoodReads: PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, "A truly talented historian unravels the fascinating life of a community that is so foreign, and yet […]