November's Middletown Book for Discussion: Klara and the Sun (Nov. 18)

 

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The MUM Book Discussion group will next meet on Friday, November 18.  Our title is Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun.  Here is a brief summary:

"From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change forever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans. In Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly changing modern world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: what does it mean to love?"  (publisher)

Here is where you can find the book:

• There are several copies available through Miami, OhioLINK, 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.  In addition to discussing When the Emperor Was Divine, the group also shared these titles for consideration at their October 21 meeting:

• The Buddha in the Attic, Julie Otsuka 
• The Swimmers, Julie Otsuka
• Anybody's Daughter, Pamela Samuels Young
• Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone, Diana Gabaldon (Outlander series)
• The Daughters of Yalta, Catherine Grace Katz
• Fellowship Point, Alice Elliott Dark
• Hoot, Carl Hiaasen
• The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett
• Passing, Nella Larsen
• Lupin (Netflix series)
• Colleen Hoover (the publishing phenomenon)

We will meet at 12 pm on the 18th 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

"James' robot friend" by rcolonna is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.