Discussion led by Gabrielle Kalke Hinterbuchner
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October
Book of the Month 
Date: Wednesday, October 19th
Time: 16.00 -17.30 Price: €12,00 per meeting or block of 5 for €50,00 includes discussion and a coffee or tea. |
The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah In Kristin Hannah's The Great Alone, a desperate family seeks a new beginning in the near-isolated wilderness of Alaska only to find that their unpredictable environment is less threatening than the erratic behavior found in human nature. Alaska, 1974. Ernt Allbright came home from the Vietnam War a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes the impulsive decision to move his wife and daughter north where they will live off the grid in America's last true frontier. Cora will do anything for the man she loves, even if means following him into the unknown. Thirteen-year-old Leni, caught in the riptide of her parents' passionate, stormy relationship, has little choice but to go along, daring to hope this new land promises her family a better future. In a wild, remote corner of Alaska, the Allbrights find a fiercely independent community of strong men and even stronger women. The long, sunlit days and the generosity of the locals make up for the newcomers' lack of preparation and dwindling resources. But as winter approaches and darkness descends, Ernt's fragile mental state deteriorates. Soon the perils outside pale in comparison to threats from within. In their small cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in eighteen hours of night, Leni and her mother learn the terrible truth: they are on their own. What's Next in 2022?
October 19th - The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah November 16th - The Salt Path by Raynor Winn December 14th - The Next Person You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom Book Selection for 2023
We have determined our books for 2022 as you can see above, but are always looking for book suggestions. If you would like to help us decide on future reads, please send me a note here! Books We've Read in 2022
January - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind By William Kamkwamba February - MEET THE AUTHOR - Walking into Alchemy by Amelia Marriette March - My Eyes are Up Here by Laura Zimmermann April - MEET THE AUTHOR - Love and Mardi Gras by Lauryn Peña May - Please Look After Mother by Kyung-Sook Shin June - The Only Woman In the Room by Marie Benedict July - The 5 People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom August - Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith September - Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance Books We Read in 2021 January MEET THE AUTHOR - Labelled by Alek Frederickson February - The State of the Union by Nick Hornby March - Inheritance Dani Shapiro April - The Testaments by Margaret Atwood May MEET THE AUTHOR - Novel Coronavirus by Kyle Roesler June - Not Forgetting the Whale by John Ironmonger July - The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis August - Lethal White by Robert Galbraith September - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare October - Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier November - Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce December - A Surprise for Christmas Classic British Crime Series Books We Read in 2020
January - The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh February - A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki March - The Underground Railroad by Colsen Whitehead April - The Diving Bell and The Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby May - Not Forgetting the Whale by John Ironmonger June - Educated by Tara Westover July - The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis August - Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith September - Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri October - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie November - Notes to Self by Emilie Pine December - Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie Books We Read in 2019
January - The Lionseeker by Kenneth Bonert February MEET THE AUTHOR - Blood Summit by Robert Pimm March - Factfulness by Hans Rosling April - Less by Andrew Sean Greer May - David + Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell June - Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick July - House of Unexpected Sisters by Alexander McCall Smith August - Silkworm by Robert Galbraith September - My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Stout October - Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe November - Becoming by Michelle Obama December - The Christmas Train by David Baldacci Books We Read in 2018
January - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler February - Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler March - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood April - Uncomfortable Close by Lily Brett May - Speaking From Among the Bones by Alan Bradley June - A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeliene L'Engle July - Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly August - Hitman Anders and the Meaning of it All by Jonas Jonassen September - Whisper Mama by Linda Haas-Melchert October - Until We are Free by Shirin Ebadi November - Northern Lights by Philip Pullman December - Mr. Dickens and his Carol by Samantha Silva Books We Read in 2017
January - A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle February - A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levine March - A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley April - The Nazi Officer's Wife by Edith Hahn Beer May - I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai June - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett July - Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut August - Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden - Deb Kimmerly - guest host September - Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd October MEET THE AUTHOR - True Blue Tucker by Campbell Jefferys November - The Circle by David Egger December - The Mistletoe Murders by P.D. James Books We Read in 2016
January - The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett February - The Little Old Lady Struck Lucky Again by Catherina Ingelman-Sundberg March - The Weed That Strings ... by Alan Bradley April - The Morality of Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith May - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See June - The Awakening by Kate Chopin July - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark August - summer break September - Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith October - Still Alice by Lisa Genova November - The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman December - Immoveable Feast by John Baxter Books We Read in 2015
January - Skios by Michael Frayn February - Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell March - The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Catherine Ingelman-Sundberg April - The Secret River by Kate Grenville May - One Day by David Nicholls June - People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks July - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn August - summer break September - The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler October - The Lady in Gold by Anne Marie O'Connor November - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin December - Don't Worry, Be Grumpy by Ajahn Brahm Books We Read in 2014
January - A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich February - Devil and The White City by Erik Larson March - The Autobiography of Mark Twain by Mark Twain April - The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year by Sue Townsend May -The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harald Fry by Rachel Joyce June - Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley July - Buddha da by Anne Donovan August - summer break September - The 100 Year Old Man by Jonas Jonasson October - The Dinner by Hermann Koch November - 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff December - I'm Half Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley |