Book Discussion

August Book Discussion Book will be,

Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson.

When Arlene Fleet headed off to college in Chicago, she made three promises to God: She would never again lie, never fornicate outside of marriage, and never, ever go back to her tiny hometown of Possett, Alabama (the "fourth rack of Hell"). All God had to do in exchange was to make sure the body of high school quarterback Jim Beverly was never found. Ten years later, Arlene has kept her promises, but an old schoolmate has recently turned up asking questions. And now Arlene’s African American beau has given her a tough ultimatum: introduce him to her family, or he’s gone. As she prepares to confront guilt, discrimination, and a decade of deception, Arlene is about to discover just how far she will go to find redemption--and love.

Ladies of Literature visit with author Terry Trueman

Colon Township Library's Book Discussion Group meets monthly.  Call or stop by the library for more information, 269-432-3958.  Below is a list of past title choices:

The Alchemist's Daughter by McMahon

All True Travels & Adventures of Lidi Newton by Smiley

Bee Season by Goldberg

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Big Stone Gap by Trigiani

The Blind Assassin by Atwood

Blindness by Saramago

The Book Borrower by Mattison

Catcher in the Rye by Salinger

The Covenant by N. Ragen

Crow Lake by Mary Lawson

The Curious Incident of the Dog in teh Night-Time by Haddon

Daughter of Fortune by Allende

Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury

Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris

The Friendly Persuasion by West

Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Vreeland

Girl With a Pearl Earring by Chevalier

The Glass Castle by J. Walls

The Good Earth by Buck

Holes by Sachar

The Hours by Cunningham

House Calls and Hitching Posts by Hoover/Lehman

I Sailed With Magellan by Stuart Dybek

Ireland by Delaney

The Kite Runner by Hosseini

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Loon Feather by Fuller

The Lovely Bones by Sebold

Lucy by Ellen Feldman

Memoirs of a Geisha by Golden

Memory Keepers Daughter by Edwards

Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by DiCamillo

My Sister's Keeper by Picoult

The Nick Adams Stories by Hemingway

Nickel and Dimed by Ehrenreich

Night by Wiesel

One Thousand White Woman by Fergus

Peace Like a River by Enger

Poisonwood Bible by Kingsolver

Polar Express by Van Allsburg

Pope Joan by Cross

The Postman by Brin

Q Road by Bonnie Jo Campbell

The Queen's Fool by Phillippa Gregory

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Nafisi

The Red Tent by Diamant

The Road by McCarthy

The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman

Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene

The Time Traveler's Wife by Niffenegger

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by B. Smith

The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle

Under the Persimmon Tree by Staples

Under the Tuscan Sun by Maves

Water for Elephants by Gruen

The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Curtis

The Weight of Water by Shreve

Year of Wonders by Brooks

Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Dorris