[NFBV-Potomac-Announce] Book Club Books for the Remainder of 2022-2023

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Sounds like good book selections.

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Hello,

A reminder.

At last Wednesday’s book club meeting we indicated we will meet at 7:00 PM
on Monday November 7, 2022 to discuss books for December through June.

Below are all of the suggestions I received.

I will send out Zoom information later this weekend.

John

Here are Rachel’s suggestions.

There should be questions for each of these.

Fifty words for rain DB 100587

Lemmie, Asha. Reading time 13 hours, 15 minutes. 

Read by Sarah Skaer. A production of National Library Service for the Blind
and Print Disabled, Library of Congress. 

Subjects: Historical Fiction

Description: Kyoto, 1948. Eight-year-old Nori--the daughter of a married
Japanese aristocrat and her African-American GI lover--is abandoned at her
grandparents' estate. When she meets her older half-brother Akira, she finds
in him an unexpected ally, and must battle for her place in the world as she
grows up. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.

A woman is no man DB 95201

Rum, Etaf. Reading time 10 hours, 17 minutes. 

Read by Susan Nezami. A production of the National Library Service for the
Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. 

Subjects: Human Relations

Description: Palestine, 1990. All seventeen-year-old Isra wants to do is
hide away and read instead of entertaining potential suitors. But in the
course of one week, she finds herself betrothed, married, and moving to
Brooklyn. Eighteen years later, her daughter Deya butts heads with her
grandmother over suitors. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.

A man called Ove: a novel DB 84392

Backman, Fredrik. Reading time 9 hours, 7 minutes. 

Read by David Hartley-Margolin. A production of the National Library Service
for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. 

Subjects: Unified English Braille; General

Description: Ove has always been a grumpy man, and when he loses his wife
and his job, he decides to commit suicide. But a lively family of new
neighbors and a stray cat might give Ove a reason to keep living. First
published in Swedish in 2012. 2013. Some strong language and some violence.

Leroy's books.

These are the ones we have not yet read.

1.  The Spy and the Traitor. 

By: Ben MacIntyre. Narrated by: Ben Macintyre. 

Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins. 

2018

nonfiction

on a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a
busy avenue in the heart of Moscow, holding a plastic carrier bag. In his
grey suit and tie, he looked like any other Soviet citizen. The bag alone
was mildly conspicuous, printed with the red logo of Safeway, the British
supermarket.

from deep within the Soviet intelligence machine. No spy had done more to
damage the KGB. The Safeway bag was a signal: to activate his escape plan to
be smuggled out of Soviet Russia. So began one of the boldest and most
extraordinary episodes in the history of spying. Ben Macintyre reveals a
tale of espionage, betrayal and raw courage that changed the course of the
Cold War forever..

discussion questions are available..

2. The Vanishing half

•             By: Brit Bennett

•             Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins

•             2020

•             fiction

•             The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after
growing up together in a small, Southern black community and running away at
age 16, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as
adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial
identities. 

Ten years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same
Southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white,
and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so
many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined.
What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' story
lines intersect?

Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the
Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces
a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant
exploration of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond issues
of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as
it shapes a person's decisions, desires and expectations and explores some
of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to
live as something other than their origins.

The next books are recommended by Annette. The last one is my
recommendation.

1 In an instant DB106111

Redfearn, Suzanne; March, Mary Reading time: 10 hours, 34 minutes.

Mary March

General

Psychological Fiction

Life is over in an instant for sixteen-year-old Finn Miller when a
devastating car accident tumbles her and ten others over the side of a
mountain. Suspended between worlds, she watches helplessly as those she
loves struggle to survive. Strong language and some violence. 2020.

I have not found questions.

2 The personal librarian DB103929

Benedict, Marie; Murray, Victoria Christopher Reading time: 12 hours, 25
minutes.

Robin Miles

Historical Fiction

In 1906, Belle da Costa Greene was hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a
collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built
Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society,
but she is African American passing as white. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
2021.

I think there are questions.

3 There's a hole in my bucket: a journey of two brothers DB105838

Tolkien, Royd Reading time: 9 hours, 48 minutes.

Stephen Van Doren

Biography of Writers

Biography

Health and Medicine

General

Family

Memoirs of J. R. R. Tolkien's great-grandson, Royd, whose brother Mike was
diagnosed with ALS. They went on a whirlwind tour to check as many things
off Mike's bucket list as possible. Then Royd finds the bucket list Mike
assigned him for after his death. Strong language. 2021.

After a quick look I found no questions.

4 Eyes to the wind: a memoir of love and death, hope and resistance DB106562

Barkan, Ady Reading time: 9 hours, 46 minutes.

Bradley Whitford

Biography

Health and Medicine

Social Sciences

In this memoir, the author reflects on receiving a fatal diagnosis of ALS,
also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Ady explores his determination to make
the most of his remaining time, live a life of purpose, and commit himself
as an advocate for social justice. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.

Could not quickly find questions.

5 The things we keep DB83812

Hepworth, Sally Reading time: 9 hours, 51 minutes.

Barrie Kreinik; Thérèse Plummer A production of the National Library
Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Human Relations

Thirty-eight-year-old Anna moves to a residential care facility after being
diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. There she bonds with Luke, a fellow
"young" resident suffering from dementia. Eve works at the facility after
her husband loses all their money, but meeting Anna gives her perspective on
loss. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2016.

There are questions.

6 True biz DB107579

Nović, Sara Reading time: 10 hours, 25 minutes.

Lisa Flanagan

Friendship Fiction

Charlie is a transfer student at the River Valley School for the Deaf who
has never met another deaf person before. When Charlie has trouble adapting,
the headmistress asks the school's golden boy, Austin, to help her settle
in. But Austin is dealing with troubles of his own, and the school itself is
in danger of closing. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.

Probably need generic questions.

7 Answer Creek 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. 

Can not find good book club questions

John

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