January's Middletown Book for Discussion: The Kitchen Front (Jan. 18)

 

The MUM Book Discussion group will next meet on Tuesday, January 18.  Our title is Jennifer Ryan's The Kitchen Front.  Here is a brief summary of this tale of wartime experiences on the homefront:

"Two years into World War II, Britain is feeling her losses; the Nazis have won battles, the Blitz has destroyed cities, and U-boats have cut off the supply of food. In an effort to help housewives with food rationing, a BBC radio program called The Kitchen Front is putting on a cooking contest--and the grand prize is a job as the program's first-ever female co-host. For four very different women, winning the contest presents a crucial chance to change their lives."  

Here is where you can find the book:

• There are several copies available through Miami and SearchOhio.  
  
• Amazon has the hardcover, 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 21st the members of the group discussed Skipping Christmas, and also shared a few titles to add to your reading/viewing lists:

• The Lincoln Highway, Amor Towles
  
• Vanderbilt: the rise and fall of an American dynasty, Anderson Cooper
• Later, Stephen King
• I Was Told It Would Get Easier, Abbi Waxman
• The Tie That Binds, Kent Haruf
• Allegedly, Tiffany Jackson
• People We Meet on Vacation, Emily Henry
• Women Rowing North, Mary Pipher (not recommended)
• Black Buck, Mateo Askaripour
• The Startup Wife, Tahmima Anam
• The Henna Artist, Alka Joshi
• Belfast (the movie)
• Eligible, Curtis Sittenfeld
• A Psalm for the Wild Built, Becky Chambers

We will meet at 12 pm on the18th both in Room 123 in the Library and in Zoom at 

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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/library/bookdiscussion.htm

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