[NFBV-Potomac-Announce] Book Club 2022

[John Halverson]

Hello Friends,

As you may recall, we have books to select for our February, March, April, May and June book club meetings.  I believe that in December it was suggested we meet at 3:00 PM on Sunday January 7 by Zoom  to discuss the remainder of our books for this year.

The Zoom information will be sent out soon.

Below are the books members have listed.

John

.  These are in no particular time order.  I think I have all of our suggestions.  I am still looking for questions for some of these books, however.



Leroy two books with questions.

Devil in the grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the dawn of a new America DB77515<https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB77515>
King, Gilbert Reading time: 16 hours, 41 minutes.
Bob Moore A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Social Sciences
Legal Issues

Details the events that led to the Supreme Court's 1951 decision in Shepherd v. Florida, which overturned the convictions of three black men accused of raping a white teenager. Highlights the role played by NAACP attorney--and future Supreme Court justice--Thurgood Marshall. Violence and strong language. Pulitzer Prize. 2012.

Empire of pain: the secret history of the Sackler dynasty DB102965<https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB102965>
Keefe, Patrick Radden Reading time: 18 hours, 9 minutes.
Patrick Radden Keefe

Biography
True Crime

Author of Say Nothing (DB 94329) examines the history of the Sackler family who has donated money to many prominent cultural and educational institutions, but who have made their money off drugs like Valium and OxyContin. Discusses legal challenges the family and their companies have faced. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.

Christine

Billy Summers, by Stephen King
This is not yet on BARD but I suspect it will soon be available.

Sandy
The red lotus DB98728<https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB98728>
Bohjalian, Chris Reading time: 12 hours, 3 minutes.
Rebecca Lowman

Mystery and Detective Stories

After six months of dating, Alexis and Austin go on a Vietnam bike tour so that Austin can pay his respects to the place where his father and uncle fought in the war. But as Alexis waits for him to return from a solo ride, Austin vanishes into thin air. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.

Answer Creek DB100020<https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB100020>

Sweeney, Ashley E Reading time: 11 hours, 54 minutes.
Jessica Wortham

Historical Fiction

1846. Ada loses her parents to the dangers of traveling west to California. She decides to continue on with the Donner party. But misfortune follows the group, and Ada faces hard choices about what she needs to do to survive. Violence and strong language. 2020.

Nancy
Imbeciles: the Supreme Court, American eugenics, and the sterilization of Carrie Buck DB84223<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnlsbard.loc.gov%2Fnlsbardprod%2Fdownload%2Fdetail%2Fsrch%2FDB84223&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cafddf503bbff4539f46108d973ddb062%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637668218250243694%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=MFLOOW3oUMF3nrZOsXUMdYGfKkQu29pBcD%2Bx5mIgJQk%3D&reserved=0>
by Cohen, Adam Cohen.

chronicles the case of Carrie Buck, plaintiff in the 1927 Supreme Court decision Buck v. Bell, which condoned the use of state-sponsored forced sterilization. Profiles leaders of the eugenics movement, politicians, and Supreme Court justices involved. Reading time: 13 hours, 21 minutes

Birds in Fall: a novel DBC 13112
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Description: One fall night, an innkeeper on a remote island in Nova Scotia watches an airplane plummet to the sea. As the search for survivors envelops the island, the mourning families gather at the inn, waiting for news of those they have lost. Here among strangers, they form an unusual community, struggling for comfort and consolation. At the center of the story is Ana Gathreaux, an ornithologist who specializes in bird migration, and whose husband perished

John
Facing the mountain: a true story of Japanese American heroes in World War II DB103646<https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB103646>
Brown, Daniel James Reading time: 17 hours, 42 minutes.
Louis Ozawa

Bestsellers
World History and Affairs

The author of The Boys in the Boat (DB 77138) highlights the contributions and sacrifices of Japanese Americans, particularly four families whose sons volunteered for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. He discusses the dangers these soldiers faced as well as the difficulties and discrimination their families suffered back in America. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2021.

I understand Patty has an interest in this.
While justice sleeps: a novel DB103183<https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB103183>
Abrams, Stacey Reading time: 14 hours, 57 minutes.
Adenrele Ojo

Suspense Fiction
Mystery and Detective Stories
Legal Fiction

When legendary Supreme Court Justice Howard Wynn falls into a coma, his dedicated clerk Avery Keene is shocked to find he left instructions for her to serve as his guardian and power of attorney. She discovers Wynn had been researching a possible conspiracy, and she is now targeted. Unrated. Commercial audio book


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