JANUARY BOOK CLUB: Charlotte Temple + A Mercy
PLEASE NOTE: The Book Club will not meet in December. Everyone is invited to join us at the Library for conversation and tea with author Luanne Rice at 4:30 pm on December 15th.
For January 24th, we will read two (short) books: Charlotte Temple, by Susanna Rowson, and A Mercy, by Toni Morrison. Sarah Malinowski will facilitate.
Charlotte Temple by Susanna Rowson
This first ever “best seller” in the continent of America was the most popular American novel until Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. A cautionary tale that tells the story of a naive Englishwoman’s fall at the hands of an unscrupulous British army officer, who takes her to the United States and abandons her there.
A Mercy by Toni Morrison
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In “one of Morrison’s most haunting works” (New York Times) the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery. But at its heart it is the story of a mother and a daughter—a mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and a daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment.
How to become a Fishers Island Library Book Club member?
Contact Abby McCall or Ann Banks, or just come to a meeting, and you will be added to the contact list. Easy!
Please invite friends who might also be interested. The more readers the better and so many people are unable to join on any given night that I don’t think we can have too many people. There are lots of book lovers on the island and it’s really nice to bring the group together. All are welcome.
We convene our Book Club on the 4th Wednesday of each month whenever possible.
Feel free to BYOBeverage and a snack to share if you like.
Book Club members generally select the book for the following month(s) at a preceding meeting. The volunteers below have offered to suggest books, one to two months ahead to read in these months. (For example, at the January 2024 meeting the books for March and perhaps April will be presented and then the group will choose.) If you would like to help pick a book for a month, please contact Abby McCall. Other book recommendations are always welcome.
January 24: Sarah Malinowski
February 28: MaryBeth Guimaraes
March 27: Diane Baker
April 24: Meg Atkin
May 22: Jane Ahrens
June 26: Patty Norton
July 24: Dana Porter
August 28: Bernice Auger
September 25: Beth Scholle
October 23: Roseanna Anderson
November: Diane Dexter
December:
For those of you who prefer e-books please avail yourselves of the Library’s app
A Fishers Island Live-brary Card and the Libby App allows one (one may need a NYS address) to become a member of the Suffolk County/New York Library system and borrow digital and audiobooks for free. All our book club books thus far have been available to borrow online or in an audible format.