"On an unnamed island off an unnamed coast, things are disappearing. First, animals and flowers. Then objects--ribbons,bells, photographs. Then, body parts. Most of the island's inhabitants fail to notice these changes, while those few imbued with the power to recall the lost objects live in fear of the mysterious 'memory police,' who are committed to ensuring that the disappeared remain forgotten. When a young novelist realizes that more than her career is in danger, she hides her editor beneath her floorboards, and together, as fear and loss close in around them, they cling to literature as the last way of preserving the past."
Here is where you can find the book:
- There are several copies available through Miami, OhioLINK, and SearchOhio. We are back in the library and have both OhioLINK deliveries and statewide delivery from Search Ohio's public libraries running. We do have our curbside pickup operating as well as in-house pickup.
- Amazon has the paperback, Kindle, and audiobook available, and Bookshop.org has links to purchase the title from independent booksellers.
Our group is always finding interesting titles to share, and we look forward to the new things you'll bring to the table. On December 1st, the members of the group also shared these titles to add to your reading/viewing lists:
- Jeff Sommers shared an interview with the author of our December book: A Conversation with Erik Larson on The Splendid and the Vile with Amor Towles (who, coincidentally, is the author of our April 2018 book, A Gentleman in Moscow)
- In the Heart of the Sea: the tragedy of the whaleship Essex, Nathaniel Philbrick
- In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden, Kathleen Cambor
- Band of Brothers, Stephen Ambrose
- David McCullough (various titles)
- The Good War and Hard Times, both by Studs Terkel
- "This Happy Breed" and "In Which We Serve" (films based on Noel Coward plays)
- Tana French, The Searcher
- Hillbilly Elegy (book and Netflix film)
- Ordinary Grace, William Krueger
- Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
- London was ours : diaries and memories of the London Blitz, Amy Helen Ball and Wartime Women: A Mass Observation Anthology, Dorothy Sheridan (not books we discussed, but ones that might answer a question we considered where to find the person on the street's experience of the Blitz)
We will meet at 12 pm on the 19th in Zoom at
You may also join by calling +1 301 715 8592
Add this event to your Google Calendar! (which includes the Zoom and calling information)
Please come along to our discussion to share what you've been reading/watching/listening to/experiencing!
If you're looking for something interesting to read, check out our page of past and future reads at http://www.mid.miamioh.edu/
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