[NFBSATX] FW: iBUG VILA Book Club – May 14

Tue Apr 14 00:08:56 UTC 2026

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Subject: iBUG VILA Book Club – May 14

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Please join us for the next meeting of the VILA Book Club sponsored by iBUG Today. 

WHEN:  Thursday, May 14, 2026, 7:00 to 8:30 PM Central Time

We will be discussing the following book.
The Waters by Bonnie Jo Campbell, DB119489
On an island in the Great Massasauga Swamp an area known as “The Waters” to the residents of nearby Whiteheart, Michigan herbalist and eccentric Hermine “Herself” Zook has healed the local women of their ailments for generations. As stubborn as her tonics are powerful, Herself inspires reverence and fear in the people of Whiteheart, and even in her own three estranged daughters. The youngest the beautiful, inscrutable, and lazy Rose Thorn has left her own daughter, eleven-year-old Dorothy “Donkey” Zook, to grow up wild. Donkey spends her days searching for truths in the lush landscape and in her math books, waiting for her wayward mother and longing for a father, unaware that family secrets, passionate love, and violent men will flood through the swamp and upend her idyllic childhood. Rage simmers below the surface of this divided community, and those on both sides of the divide have closed their doors against the enemy. The only bridge across the waters is Rose Thorn. 14 hours, 43 minutes

Facilitator:  Jo Ann Schotz

The VILA Book Club is held on the Zoom conference platform.
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Future book readings for the next couple of months are as follows. Note:  all books are available on NLS BARD.

June 11
The Widower's Wife by Cate Holahan (LeDon Becker), DB128362
Ana Bacon, a beautiful young wife and mother, tumbled off a cruise ship into dark and deadly waters. Ana is gone--leaving behind her wealthy husband and adorable daughter--but not everything about her disappearance adds up. What secrets did she leave behind? Investigator Ryan Monahan is a numbers man. So when his company sends him the Bacon case, which could net a ten-million-dollar payout, Monahan doubts that her death is just a tragic accident. But the husband has a substantial alibi and a number of witnesses claim to have seen Ana fall, and the official ruling seems to hold up. Still, the more Monahan uncovers about Ana's life, the more he realizes how many people would kill to keep her secrets hidden. And the closer he gets to the truth, the greater the odds grow that he, too, will take a fatal fall. 9 hours, 49 minutes

July 9
Camino Ghosts by John Grisham (Pete Lane),DB121568
On Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresistible tale that might be her next novel. A giant resort developer is using its political muscle and deep pockets to claim ownership of a deserted island between Florida and Georgia. Only the last living inhabitant of the island, Lovely Jackson, stands in its way. What the developer doesn't know is that the island has a remarkable history, and locals believe it is cursed... and the past is never the past. 10 hours 20 minutes

Looking forward to seeing you at the book club.

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