[NFBV-Potomac-Announce] Book Club Discussion Reminder Tonight 7:00 PM

Thu Sep 14 16:06:50 UTC 2023

Hello,

Here are  some possible book club reads.

Take a look prior to  this evening's meeting.

John

The notebook DB43180<https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB43180>
Sparks, Nicholas Reading time: 5 hours, 41 minutes.
Robert Sams A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Romance

An elderly man reads from a notebook to his wife, who has Alzheimer's disease. Gradually he unfolds the story of a couple who fell in love the summer after high school and were reunited by a fluke fourteen years later. But will his wife recognize her own story? Some explicit descriptions of sex. 1996.
Patty

I found questions

Thunder dog: the true story of a blind man, his guide dog, and the triumph of trust at Ground Zero DB73300<https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB73300>
Hingson, Michael; Flory, Susy Reading time: 7 hours, 19 minutes.
Peter Ganim A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Biography of Persons with Disabilities
Disability
Animals and Wildlife

Michael Hingson, an executive who worked in the North Tower of the World Trade Center, recounts his escape after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Hingson, blind since birth, describes what he and his guide dog Roselle experienced as she led him down seventy-eight flights of stairs to safety. 2011.

John

I found questions

The handmaid's tale DB24695<https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB24695>
Atwood, Margaret Reading time: 10 hours, 48 minutes.
Laura Giannarelli A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Science Fiction
Bestsellers

Set in the future, the United States of America is now the Republic of Gilead, a fundamentalist Christian theocracy that arose after fanatics shot the president, machine-gunned the Congress and forced the army to declare a state of emergency. To reverse the declining birthrate, women are forcibly recruited into the ranks of Handmaids and are assigned to the Commanders of the Faithful, whose wives are barren. Some strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1986.

John

I found Questions.

Beauty in the broken places: a memoir of love, faith, and resilience DB112330<https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB112330>
Pataki, Allison; Woodruff, Lee Reading time: 6 hours, 51 minutes.
Allison Pataki; David Levy; Lee Woodruff

Biography
Health and Medicine

"Five months pregnant, on a flight to their "babymoon," Allison Pataki turned to her husband when he asked if his eye looked strange, and watched him suddenly lose consciousness. After an emergency landing, she discovered that Dave-a healthy thirty-year-old athlete and surgical resident-had suffered a rare and life-threatening stroke. Next thing Allison knew, she was sitting alone in the ER in Fargo, North Dakota, waiting to hear if her husband would survive the night. When Dave woke up, though seemingly strong and outwardly intact, he could not carry memories from hour to hour, much less from one day to the next. Allison lost the Dave she knew and loved when he lost consciousness on the plane. Within a few months, she found herself caring for both a newborn and a sick husband, sifting through endless hospital bills and insurance paperwork, and struggling with the fear of what was to come. As a way to make sense of the pain and chaos of their new reality, Allison started to write daily letters to Dave. Not only would she work to make sense of the unfathomable experiences unfolding around her, but her letters would provide Dave with the memories he could not make on his own. She was writing to preserve their past, protect their present, and fight for their future. Those letters became the foundation for this beautiful, intimate memoir. And in the process, she fell in love with her husband all over again. This is a manifesto for living, an ultimately uplifting story about the transformative power of faith and resilience. It's a tale of a husband's turbulent road to recovery, the shifting nature of marriage, and the struggle of loving through pain and finding joy in the broken places." -- Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

Sandy

I found questions.

Mad honey: a novel DB110596<https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB110596>
Picoult, Jodi; Boylan, Jennifer Finney; Coon, Carrie Reading time: 15 hours, 30 minutes.
Jennifer Finney Boylan; Key Taw; Carrie Coon; Jodi Picoult

Family
Bestsellers
Legal Fiction

"Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life-living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising their beautiful son, Asher-was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined that she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in and taking over her father's beekeeping business. Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start. And for just a short while, these new beginnings are exactly what Olivia and Lily need. Their paths cross when Asher falls for the new girl in school, and Lily can't help but fall for him, too. With Ash, she feels happy for the first time. Yet at times, she wonders if she can trust him completely... Then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is adamant that her son is innocent. But she would be lying if she didn't acknowledge the flashes of his father's temper in Ash, and as the case against him unfolds, she realizes he's hidden more than he's shared with her. Mad Honey is a riveting novel of suspense, an unforgettable love story, and a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves." -- Provided by publisher. Includes supplementary material. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller.

Sandy

I found  questions.

The mad girls of New York: a Nellie Bly novel DB113843<https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB113843>
Rodale, Maya Reading time: 10 hours, 33 minutes.
Eva Kaminsky

Historical Fiction
Adventure

"A gripping and compelling novel based on the true story of fearless reporter Nellie Bly, who will stop at nothing to prove that a woman's place is on the front page. In 1887 New York City, Nellie Bly has ambitions beyond writing for the ladies pages, but all the editors on Newspaper Row think women are too emotional, respectable and delicate to do the job. But then the New York World challenges her to an assignment she'd be mad to accept and mad to refuse: go undercover as a patient at Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum for women. For months, rumors have been swirling about deplorable conditions at Blackwell's but no reporter can get in-that is, until Nellie feigns insanity, gets herself committed and attempts to survive ten days in the madhouse. Once inside, Nellie befriends her fellow patients who help her uncover shocking truths about the asylum. It's a story that promises to be explosive-but will she get out before rival reporters get the scoop?" -- Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

Sandy

I found questions.

Hello Colleagues and Friends,

I plan an initial book club meeting to discuss possible books for Thursday September 14 at 7:00 PM. Please be prepared to suggest books.  I hope many of you can make the meeting. See you on  the fourteenth.

If you have suggestions in advance, please forward them to  me.

Thank you.

We will use our Virginia Zoom platform. Se platform information below after my name.

John

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