Everything Else and the Kitchen Sink...
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Here is some more interesting history. We have had discussions about these people: Simone deBeauvoir, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther, Georgia O’Keefe, Frida Kahlo. We have had discussions of these themes:Menopause/Women’s Issues, Black Authors/How they deal with racism,Bali,Banned books. We have also read any book by: Daphne duMaurier, James Lee Burke, Jane Austin, Diane Mott Davidson. We also enjoyed a taped program: Women’s Souls.
2025 2025 HOW TO AGE DISGRACEFULLY by Clare Pooley JAMES by Percival Everett THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN by Lisa See GILEAD by Marilynne Robinson THE BRIAR CLUB by Kate Quinn THE NEXT SHIP HOME by Heather Webb THE LION WOMEN OF TEHRAN by Marjan Kamali CARRYING ALBERT HOME by Homer Hickam WINTER GARDEN by Kristin Hannah SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE by Claire Keegan THE EXTRAORDINERY LIFE OF SAM HELL by Robert Dugoni 2024 LADY TAN'S CIRCLE OF WOMEN by Lisa See JUST ONE DAMN THING AFTER ANOTHER by Jodi Taylor TOM LAKE by Ann Patchett NORTH WOODS by Daniel Mason DEMON COPPERFIELD by Barbara Kingsolver HAMNET by Maggie O'Farrell MAGNIFICENT LIFE OF MAJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST by Alison Pataki EMPIRE OF PAIN by Patrick R. 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Wittman THE ISLAND by Victoria Hislop THE THREAD by Victoria Hislop THE AVIATOR'S WIFE by Melanie Benjamin THE DEATH OF BEES by Lisa O'Donnell THE HARE WITH THE AMBER EYES by Edmund Wall SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS by Marisha Pessl REMARKABLE CULTURES by Tracy Chevalier THE LAST RUNAWAY by Tracy Chevalier LIFE AFTER LIFE by Kate Atkinson THE BURGESS BOYS by Elizabeth Strout THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd THE CUCKOO'S CALLING by Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling TRANSATLANTIC by Colum McCann TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE by Solomon Northup UNBROKEN by Laura Hillenbrand ABUNDANCE: A NOVEL OF MARIE ANTOINETTE by Sara Jeter Naslund 2013 Member's Other Choices THE LAST RUNAWAY by Tracy Chevalier IS IT NIGHT OR DAY? by Fern Schumer Chapman AN UNQUENCHABLE THIRST: A MEMOIR by Mary Johnson MIDNIGHT FOR PEKING by Paul French THE NIGHT SWIMMER by Matt Bondurant THE TEMPTRESS by Paul Spicer THE BORROWER: A NOVEL by Rebecca Makkai THE HOST: A NOVEL by Stephenie Meyer CITY OF THIEVES by David Benioff MY BERLIN KITCHEN by Luisa Weiss THE CASUAL VACANCY by J.K. Rowling Assorted musical mysteries by Gerald Elias THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX by Maggie O'Farrell THE ORIENTALIST by Tom Reiss Books of short stories by George Saunders THE SWERVE: HOW THE WORLD BECAME MODERN by Stephen Greenblatt UNBROKEN by Laura Hillenbrand A DUBLIN STUDENT DOCTOR by Patrick Taylor YES,CHEF: A MEMOIR by Marcus Samuelsson & Jeronica Chambers POMEGRANITE SOUP: A NOVEL by Marsha Mehran PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOM by Kyung-Sook Shin 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel Garcia Marquez MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather ONE LAST THING BEFORE I GO by Jonathan Tropper THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes 2012 MEMBER'S OTHER CHOICES A HISTORY OF GOD by Karen Armstrong LOST MEMORY OF SKIN by Russell Banks THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain THE HISTORIAN by Elizabeth Kostova THE PATRON SAINT OF LIARS by Ann Patchett A STOLEN LIFE: A MEMOIR by Jaycee Dugard THE BUTCHER'S WIFE by Adamu Kyuka Usman DREAMS OF JOY by Lisa See I REMEMBER NOTHING' AND OTHER REFLECTIONS by Nora Ephron A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD by William Gibson SWAMPLANDIA! by Karen Russell CALEB'S CROSSING by Geraldine Brooks DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLY by P.D. James THE SUBMISSION by Amy Waldman 2011 Member's Other Choices CLEOPATRA: A LIFE by Stacy Schiff SING THEM HOME by Stephanie Kallos THE BIG OVER EASY by Jasper Fforde STONE OF HEAVEN by Lucille Bellucci TINKERS by Paul Harding UNBROKEN: A WORLD WAR II STORY by Laura Hillenbrand THE HOUSEKEEPER AND THE PROFESSOR by Yoko Ogawa STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS by Tracy Kidder THREE CUPS OF TEA by Gren Mortenson RADIOACTIVE: MARIE & PIERRE CURIE by Laura Redress A STRANGER IN MAYFAIR by Charles Finch THE IMPERFECTIONISTS by Tom Rachman 2010 Member's Other Choices BROKEN FOR YOU by Stephanie Kallos BECOMING JANE EYRE by Sheila Kohler THE 19TH WIFE by David Eberhoff PLAINSONG by Kent Haruf HALF THE SKY by Kristof & Dunn MOLOKAI by Alan Bennert HONOLULU by Alan Bennert LOSING THE GARDEN: A STORY OF A MARRIAGE by Laura Waterman LOVING FRANK by Nancy Horan THE WINTER VAULT by Anne Michaels THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls DREAM OF THE BLUE ROOM by Michelle Richmond A RELIABLE WIFE by Robert Goodrick UNFINISHED DESIRES by Gail Godwin A GATE AT THE STAIRS by Lorrie Moore THE INVISIBLE MOUNTAIN by Carolina DeRobertis 2009 MEMBER'S OTHER CHOICES THE TENTH CIRCLE by Jodi Picoult THE SHACK by William Young THE ICE LIMIT by Douglas Preston THE ANGRY TIDE by Winston Graham EMPIRE FALLS by Richard Russo THE CELLIST OF SARAJEVO by Steven Galloway OLD FILTH by Jane Graham THE PAST AMERICAN WORLD by Faried Zakaria EVEN UP IN THE PALACE OF REASON by James R. Gaines THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY by A.J. Jacobs STERN MEN by Elizabeth Gilbert THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE by David Wroblewski THE SECRET SCRIPTURE by Sebastian Barry 2008 MEMBER’S OTHER CHOICES THE YEAR OF FOG by Michelle Richmond GRAVE MATTERS: JOURNEY THROUGH THE MODERN FUNERAL INDUSTRY TO A NATURAL WAY OF BURIAL by Mark Harris A FREE LIFE by Ha Jin TIPPERARY by Frank Delaney LONE SURVIVOR: THE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF OPERATION REDWING AND THE LOST HEROES OF SEAL TEAM 10 by Marcus Luttrell THE INNOCENT MAN by John Grisham THE ALMOST MOON by Alice Sebold ATONEMENT by Ian McEwan I AM LEGEND by Richard Matheson BROKEN FOR YOU by Stephanie Kallos THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL by Phillipa Gregory MARCH by Geraldine Brooks THE ZOOKEEPER'a WIFE by Diane Ackerman 2007 MEMBER’S OTHER CHOICES A THREAD OF GRACE by Mary Doria Russell THE WORST HARD TIME by Timothy Egan BOMBAY ICE by Leslie Forbes LOVE IN THE PRESENT TENSE by Catherine Ryan Hyde DANIEL ISN’T TALKING by Marti Leimbach SHE MAY NOT LEAVE by Fay Weldon THE MEMORY KEEPER’S DAUGHTER by Kim Edwards THE GINGER TREE by Oswald Wynd THE THIRTEEN TALE by Diane Setterfield HIGH FIDELITY by Nick Hornby ANCESTOR STONES by Aminatta Forna MARCH by Geraldine Brooks THE SYRINGA TREE by Pamela Gien ABUNDANCE: A NOVEL OF MARIE ANTOINETTE by Sena Jester Naslund THE WORLD IS FLAT by Thomas L. Friedman WATER by Bapsi Sidhwa, Deepa Mehta MORAL DISORDER by Margaret Atwood INES OF MY SOUL by Isabel Allende THE WHOLE WORLD OVER by Julia Glass LIFE STUDIES by Susan Vreeland LYDIA CASSATT READING THE MORNING PAPER by Harriet Scott Chessman IN THE NAME OF FRIENDSHIP by Marilyn French LUCY by Ellen Feldman THE MAGICIAN’S ASSISTANT by Ann Patchett TEAM OF RIVALS by Doris Kearns Godwin SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING by Amy Tan THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN by Mitch Albom FOR ONE MORE DAY by Mitch Albom 2006 MEMBER’S OTHER CHOICES NARNIA by C.S. Lewis MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden THREE JUNES by Julia Glass LOST DAUGHTERS OF CHINA by Karin Evans THE DEVIL IN THE WHITECITY by Erik Larson THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST by Tim Harford SMALL WONDER by Barbara Kingsolver CASE HISTORIES by Kate Atkinson A THREAD OF GRACE by Mary Doria Russell GODS IN ALABAMA by Joshilyn Johnson SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING by Amy Tan THE ZAHIR by Paul Coelho THE MUST ASYLUM by David Czuchlewski GLAD NEWS OF THE NATURAL WORLD by T.R. Pearson DAUGHTERS KEEPER by Ayelet Waldman SIGHTSEEING: STORIES by Rattawut Lapcharoensap 2005 MEMBER’S OTHER CHOICES SLEEPING WITH SHUBERT by Bonnie Marson GILEAD by Marilynne Robinson SECOND GLANCE by Jodi Picoult CLOUD ATLAS by David Mitchell THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES by Sue Monk HOLY COW: AN INDIAN ADVENTURE by Sarah Macdonald ENDURING LOVE by Ian McEwan A COMPLICATED KINDNESS by Miriam Toews EMPIRE FALLS by Richard Russo REVENGE OF THE MIDDLE AGED WOMAN by Elizabeth Buchan THE PLAIN TRUTH by Jodi Picoult THE MAGICIAN’S ASSISTANT by Ann Patchett THE PIANO TUNER by Daniel Mason MY DREAM OF YOU by Nuala O’Faolain THE GREAT FIRE by Shirley Hazzard |
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