Discuss Coffins of Little Hope, Monday, Jan. 23rd at 7pm

Join us Monday, January 23rd at 7pm in the Hilton Garden Inn Room to discuss Coffins of Little Hope written by Timothy Schaffert. 

Timothy Schaffert has created his most memorable character yet in Essie, an octogenarian obituary writer for her family's small town newspaper. When a young country girl is reported to be missing, perhaps whisked away by an itinerant aerial photographer, Essie stumbles onto the story of her life. Or, it all could be simply a hoax, or a delusion, the child and child-thief invented from the desperate imagination of a lonely, lovelorn woman. Either way, the story of the girl reaches far and wide, igniting controversy, attracting curiosity-seekers and cult worshippers from all over the country to this dying rural town. (Bowker)

Learn more about Timothty Schaffert at his website, http://timothyschaffert.com.

Discuss The Well and the Mine, Monday, February 13th at7pm

Join us Monday, February 13th at 7pm in the Hilton Garden Inn Room to discuss The Well and the Mine written by Gin Phillips. 

In 1931 Carbon Hill, Alabama, a small coal-mining town, nine-year-old Tess Moore watches a woman shove the cover off the family well and toss in a baby without a word. For the Moore family, centered on helping anyone in need during the Great Depression, the apparent murder forces them to face the darker side of their community and understand the motivations of their family and their friends.

Learn more about Gin Phillips at her website, http://ginphillips.com.

Discuss Talk Funny Girl, Monday, March 12th at7pm

Join us Monday, March 12th at 7pm in the Hilton Garden Inn Room to discuss Talk Funny Girl written by Roland Merullo. 

Raised by parents so intentionally isolated that they speak their own hybrid dialect, abused youth Marjorie witnesses her parents' submission to a sadistic cult leader before she is rescued by another abuse survivor who teaches her stoneworking skills.

Learn more about Roland Merullo at his website, http://rolandmerullo.com.

Discuss So Much Pretty, Monday, April 16th at7pm

Join us Monday, April 16th at 7pm in the Hilton Garden Inn Room to discuss So Much Pretty written by Cara Hoffman. 

Five months after she disappeared, Wendy White's body is found in a ditch just off one of Haeden's main roads. Suddenly, reporter Stacy Flynn has a big story, but no one wants to talk to her in this small upstate New York town. Then fifteen-year-old Alice Piper, an imaginative student with a genius IQ and strong ideals, begins to connect the dots of Wendy's disappearance and death when a second crime rocks the town to its core.

Learn more about Cara Hoffman at her website, http://www.carahoffman.com.

Discuss Oxygen, Monday, May 4th at7pm

Join us Monday, May 4th at 7pm in the Hilton Garden Inn Room to discuss Oxygen written by Carol Cassella. 

Anesthesiologist Marie Heaton is devastated when her patient, an eight-year-old girl, dies on the operating table, leaving Marie open to a lawsuit and questioning her own abilities as she struggles to deal with the aftermath of her mistake and her own father's failing health.

Learn more about Carol Cassella at her website, http://carolcassella.com.