Rockaway Twp Library Lunchtime Book Club

Announcements

We're getting close to the end of 2019, so we need to start selecting books for 2020. If you have any ideas about titles we should read, or overall themes, please let me know! Also, please note the changed date of our October meeting - we will be meeting on October 22 , since I will be away on vacation on the 15th. Revised Reading List for remainder of 2019: Hitting the Books by  Jenn McKinlay  (November 19) Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (December 17, read at your convenience)

Upcoming Books

Inheritance : a memoir of genealogy, paternity, and love by Dani Shapiro September 17, 2019 @ 11:45 am Through a genealogy website to which she had submitted her DNA for analysis, Shapiro received the stunning news that her father was not her biological father. Her entire history crumbled beneath her. This is the story of her quest to unlock the story of her own identity, a story that has been scrupulously hidden from her for more than fifty years, years she had spent writing on themes of identity and family history. She shows that science and technology may have outpaced not only medical ethics but also the capacities of the human heart to contend with the consequences of what we discover.

An American marriage : a novel by  Tayari Jones October 22, 2019 @ 11:45 am Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding. As Roy's time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years, Roy's conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together.

Hope everyone is enjoying the end of summer. Best, Pierre