Hi ladies, The votes are in! Thank you all for taking the time to read the blurbs and cast your vote. We have our selections for May and June:
May 22nd (location TBD)
Title: Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson. Literary Fiction. Pub date: 1996.
Blurb: Ruby Lennox was conceived grudgingly by Bunty and born while her father, George, was in the Dog and Hare in Doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a D-cup that he wasn't married. Bunty had never wanted to marry George, but here she was, stuck in a flat above the pet shop in an ancient street beneath York Minster, with sensible and sardonic Patrica aged five, greedy cross-patch Gillian who refused to be ignored, and Ruby... Ruby tells the story of The Family, from the day at the end of the nineteenth century when a travelling French photographer catches frail beautiful Alice and her children, like flowers in amber, to the startling, witty, and memorable events of Ruby's own life.
Amazon: www.amazon.fr/Behind-Scenes-Museum-Kate-Atkinson/dp/0552996181/
June 26th (location TBD)
Title: Orphan Train by Cristina Baker Kline. Literary / Historical Fiction. Pub date: 2013
Blurb: Christina Baker Kline’s Orphan Train is an unforgettable story of friendship and second chances that highlights a little-known but historically significant movement in America’s past ...Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to “aging out” out of the foster care system. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvie and worse... As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian aren’t as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck and chance.
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Orphan-Train-Christina-Baker-Kline-ebook/dp/B0089LOG02
Our next meeting on Sunday, April 17th is at my house. I'll send a reminder with directions the day before. Please make sure you're signed up to receive email updates through the site. Thanks! I'm looking forward to seeing you all soon! In the meantime, happy reading :) Noel
May 22nd (location TBD)
Title: Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson. Literary Fiction. Pub date: 1996.
Blurb: Ruby Lennox was conceived grudgingly by Bunty and born while her father, George, was in the Dog and Hare in Doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a D-cup that he wasn't married. Bunty had never wanted to marry George, but here she was, stuck in a flat above the pet shop in an ancient street beneath York Minster, with sensible and sardonic Patrica aged five, greedy cross-patch Gillian who refused to be ignored, and Ruby... Ruby tells the story of The Family, from the day at the end of the nineteenth century when a travelling French photographer catches frail beautiful Alice and her children, like flowers in amber, to the startling, witty, and memorable events of Ruby's own life.
Amazon: www.amazon.fr/Behind-Scenes-Museum-Kate-Atkinson/dp/0552996181/
June 26th (location TBD)
Title: Orphan Train by Cristina Baker Kline. Literary / Historical Fiction. Pub date: 2013
Blurb: Christina Baker Kline’s Orphan Train is an unforgettable story of friendship and second chances that highlights a little-known but historically significant movement in America’s past ...Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to “aging out” out of the foster care system. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvie and worse... As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian aren’t as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck and chance.
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Orphan-Train-Christina-Baker-Kline-ebook/dp/B0089LOG02
Our next meeting on Sunday, April 17th is at my house. I'll send a reminder with directions the day before. Please make sure you're signed up to receive email updates through the site. Thanks! I'm looking forward to seeing you all soon! In the meantime, happy reading :) Noel
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