Thursday, April 23, 2020

Celia's Book Suggestions for our June, 2020 Meeting



  1. THE LONG FLIGHT HOME:  by Alan Hlad
A heart breaking and moving story of love and sacrifice, set against
the backdrop of the Blitz.  Inspired by true events, and perfect for by readers of The tattooist of Auschwitz,  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society and  Dear  Mrs  Bird.  Is love strong enough to
survive a war?   September 1940
 
  1.   TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES by Hiro Arikawa
To get on board with this reading experience, you need to be OK
with a feline raconteur. The cat in this case is a former stray, adopted
by a single man named Satoru, who names him Nana {Japanese word for “seven” – a luck number}.  Nana narrates much, but not all of this novel, which is both his story and Satoru’s.
 
  1.   THE WALK  by Richard Paul Evans
       According to legend, once the sand of Key West is in your shoes, you      
       cannot go back from whence you came.  It is true for me, I’m alone on
       the beach watching the blood red sun baptized in the gulf of Mexico
        and there is no returning to what I left behind!
 
  1.   KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON  by David Grann
A non-fiction book about the Osage Indian murders and the birth of the FBI.  Not sure if Book Club readers have read this one but with perseverance it is one of my favorites!
 
  1. THE ENGINEERS WIFE  by  Tracey Emerson Wood
        Based on the true story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge.
        Emily is transformed by this project that lands in her lap, after her
        Husband, the chief engineer is injured on the job.  The project takes us
        Into the bowels of the East River, suffragette riots, the halls of
         Manhattan’s elite, and the temptations of PT Barnum.  It’s the story
        Of a husband and wife determine to build something that lasts – even
         at the risk of loosing each other.

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