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The Well Red Coyote Book Club, which has been active for more
than six years, reads mostly general fiction, along with occasional
memoirs and history titles and, very rarely, a literary mystery.
It meets on the second Monday of every month, from 6 - 7:30
pm. Pizza and wine are served.
To partially offset the cost of the refreshments, attendees
who consume the refreshments are asked to make a $5 donation.
To read more about this club, its meeting dates and current
selections, scroll down.
NOTE: SCROLL DOWN TO READ TWO MONTHS' MEETING INFORMATION
February Meeting: Monday, February
13, 6 pm
February Selection: STARTED EARLY,
TOOK MY DOG by Kate Atkinson
Summary: Tracy Waterhouse leads
a quiet, ordered life as a retired police detective-a life
that takes a surprising turn when she encounters Kelly Cross,
a habitual offender, dragging a young child through town.
Both appear miserable and better off without each other-or
so decides Tracy, in a snap decision that surprises herself
as much as Kelly. Suddenly burdened with a small child, Tracy
soon learns her parental inexperience is actually the least
of her problems, as much larger ones loom for her and her
young charge.Meanwhile, Jackson Brodie, the beloved detective
of novels such as Case Histories, is embarking on a different
sort of rescue-that of an abused dog. Dog in tow, Jackson
is about to learn, along with Tracy, that no good deed goes
unpunished.
March Meeting:
Monday, March 12, 6 pm
March Selection: THE TIGER’S
WIFE by Tea Obreht
Summary: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
FINALIST • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. In a Balkan country
mending from war, Natalia, a young doctor, is compelled to
unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved
grandfather’s recent death. Searching for clues, she
turns to his worn copy of The Jungle Book and the stories
he told her of his encounters over the years with “the
deathless man.” But most extraordinary of all is the
story her grandfather never told her—the legend of the
tiger’s wife.
April Meeting: Monday, April
9, 6 pm
April Selection: HOW TO BE AN
AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE by Margaret Dilloway
Summary: A mother-daughter story
about the strong pull of tradition, and the lure and cost
of breaking free of it. When Shoko decided to marry an American
GI and leave Japan, she had her parents' blessing, her brother's
scorn, and a gift from her husband-a book on how to be a proper
American housewife. As she crossed the ocean to America, Shoko
also brought with her a secret she would need to keep her
entire life...
Half a century later, Shoko's plans to finally return to Japan
and reconcile with her brother are derailed by illness. In
her place, she sends her grown American daughter, Sue, a divorced
single mother whose own life isn't what she hoped for. As
Sue takes in Japan, with all its beauty and contradictions,
she discovers another side to her mother and returns to America
unexpectedly changed and irrevocably touched.
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