Monday, June 27, 2011

Book Club Favorites

What are book clubs reading at the Chandler Library? Here are some recent favorites:

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (also available in large type, audio CD, or ebook)
A tale of growing up in the World War II era of Japanese internment camps.


Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (also available as an audio CD)
An enthralling family saga of Africa and America, doctors and patients, exile and home.


The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (also available as an audio CD and a film adaptation)
A widower moves his family to a remote fishing village inhabited by memorable characters and buffeted by nature.

The Fallen by T. Jefferson Parker (also available as an audio CD or ebook)
A fall from a window leaves a homicide detective with synesthesia - a confusion of sensations that makes him a kind of lie detector.

Learn more about Chandler Library's book clubs! View the Events Calendar at chandlerlibrary.org by scrolling down to the green EVENTS box. Then click the tab to choose your branch, then click the VIEW FULL CALENDAR link. All the events at your branch will display, and you can use the options on the left to limit by type (such as Book Discussion) or age, or choose another branch.

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