The Dud Avocado
Our book group choice for February 2019 is The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy. The Dud Avocado follows the romantic and comedic adventures of a young American who heads overseas to conquer Paris in the late 1950s.
January 2019
House of Names
Our book group choice for January 2019 is House of Names by Colm Tóibín. On the day of his daughter’s wedding, Agamemnon orders her sacrifice. His daughter is led to her death, and Agamemnon leads his army into battle, where he is rewarded with glorious victory.
Normal People
Our book group choice for December 2018 is Normal People by Sally Rooney. Connell and Marianne both grow up in the same town in rural Ireland. The similarities end there; they are from very different worlds.
The Bell
Our book group choice for November 2018 is The Bell by Iris Murdoch. A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an enclosed order of nuns.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Our book group choice for Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. In the book, Billy Pilgrim travels through time. He was captured by the Germans in World War II and witnessed the bombing of Dresden.
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