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Books for Book Clubs April 2018
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Did you know? The High Plains Library District offers many services to support you and your book club! Book Club Bags: Each book club bag includes 12 copies of the book and a discussion guide, and best of all it comes with a 6-week checkout period! Book-a-Librarian for Book Clubs: Set up a face-to-face appointment for your book club with a librarian. From tips on running a successful discussion to presentations on hot new books, we're here to help! Just follow the link and select "Reading Advice" from the list of options. Personalized Reading Lists: If you'd like the personalized help from a librarian without the face-to-face meeting, this is the option for you! Simply fill out the survey, letting us know about the books your group loved (and loved to hate), and we'll send you a list of suggestions picked just for you! Books for Book Clubs Newsletter: Subscribe to this newsletter for monthly picks that are great for discussion, as well as notification of upcoming events and programs suited for book clubs.
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The Baker's Secret
by Stephen P Kiernan
A baker's apprentice in Normandy endures shame and anger as her kind mentor is targeted and arrested for his Jewish heritage, a violation that compels the young woman to engage in discreet resistance activities, baking contraband loaves of bread for the hungry using surplus ingredients taken from occupying forces. The Baker's Secret shows the everyday lives of villagers in northern France during the occupation, and the small acts of defiance that kept them going.
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Nutshell: A Novel
by Ian McEwan
The Whitbread Award-winning author of Atonement presents a classic story of murder and deceit from the perspective of an unconventional narrator. Book clubs that enjoy modern takes on Shakespeare won't want to miss this literary partner to Hamlet, where Hamlet catches wind of the plot from the womb. It may seem outlandish, but critics rave about this complex and witty novel.
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Raymie Nightingale
by Kate DiCamillo
Hoping that if she wins a local beauty pageant her father will come home, Raymie practices twirling a baton and performing good deeds while outmaneuvering a drama queen and a saboteur who become her unlikely friends and allies during a painful challenge. This middle grade novel is deceptively simple in style, but the subject and characters give the National Book Award finalist an emotional depth that can be appreciated by young and old alike. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of The Tale of Despereaux.
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The River at Night
by Erica Ferencik
Struggling with a soul-crushing job, a beloved sibling's death and a divorce, Wini joins her friends on a hiking and rafting trip only to become stranded away from their survival gear and targeted by sinister rescuers who force the women to reconsider their loyalties and secrets. This page-turning thriller is constantly ratcheting up the pace and the tension, giving book clubs a potboiler that also offers plenty of opportunity for discussion about the nature of female friendship.
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So You Want to Talk about Race
by Ijeoma Oluo
A Seattle-based writer, editor and speaker tackles the sensitive, hyper-charged racial landscape in current America, discussing the issues of privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the "N" word. This thoughtful collection of essays is designed to facilitate discussions about a difficult, but very important, topic.
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Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
by Roz Chast
A graphic memoir by a long-time New Yorker cartoonist celebrates the final years of her aging parents' lives through four-color cartoons, family photos and documents that reflect the artist's struggles with caregiver challenges. Both witty and emotionally moving, this memoir will strike a familiar chord with members of the Sandwich Generation, caring for children and parents at the same time.
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Disappointment River: Finding and Losing the Northwest Passage
by Brian Castner
A decorated Iraq War veteran and author of The Long Walk describes his journey in the footsteps of 18th-century explorer Alexander Mackenzie and his discovery of the fabled Northwest Passage that Mackenzie never realized he had found. This travel adventure should intrigue any book club that enjoys a modern journey placed in historical context.
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Far from the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity
by Andrew Solomon
The National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon explores the consequences of extreme personal differences between parents and children, describing his own experiences as a gay child of straight parents while evaluating the circumstances of people affected by physical, developmental or cultural factors that divide families. This moving and thought-provoking read will spark discussion about family relationships and the importance of nature vs. nurture in child development, as well as how "outsider" status influences a life.
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