Tag Archives: PCLD

Book Club Kit: Bel Canto

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Published: 2001 10 Copies & Reading Guide Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country’s vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxanne … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: Death Clouds on Mt. Baldy

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

Death Clouds on Mt Baldy: Tucson’s Lost Tragedy by Cathy Hufault First Published: 2010 10 Copies & Reading Guide Nov. 15, 1958. An arctic-like blizzard roars out of nowhere across the mild desert terrain of southern Arizona. Boy scouts are … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: Doc

Posted on March 24, 2012 by

Doc by Mary Doria Russell First Published: 2011 10 Copies & Reading Guide Born to the life of an educated Southern gentleman, Dr. John Henry Holliday is given a choice at the age of twenty-two: die within months in Atlanta … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer First Published: 2005 10 Copies & Reading Guide Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: The Cold Kiss

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

The Cold Kiss by John Rector First Published: 2010 10 Copies & Reading Guide Giving a ride to a snowbound stranger who offers them a lucrative sum in exchange, a recently engaged couple is thrown into a nightmarish situation when … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: The Book Thief

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak First Published: 2006 10 Copies & Reading Guide Liesel Meminger is only nine years old when she is taken to live with the Hubermanns, a foster family, on Himmel Street in Molching, Germany, in … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: A Reliable Wife

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick First Published: 2009 10 Copies & Reading Guide Rural Wisconsin, 1907. In the bitter cold, wealthy businessman Ralph Truitt stands alone on a train platform waiting for the woman who has answered his advertisement … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: The Girl Who Fell from the Sky

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W Durrow First Published: 2010 10 Copies & Reading Guide Rachel, whose mother is Danish and father is African-American, loses both her parents and is forced to move to a new … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: We Need to Talk About Kevin

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver First Published: 2003 10 Copies & Reading Guide Eva never really wanted to be a mother—and certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin First Published: 2010 10 Copies & Reading Guide For a few months in the late 1970s, Larry, the child of lower-middle-class white parents, and Silas, the son of a poor, single black mother, … Continue reading →

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