August's Middletown Book for Discussion: Gilead (August 30)

The MUM Book Discussion group will next meet on Friday, August 30.  Our title is Gilead by Marilyn Robinson. Here is a brief summary:

"As the Reverend John Ames approaches the hour of his own death, he writes a letter to his son chronicling three previous generations of his family, a story that stretches back to the Civil War and reveals uncomfortable family secrets."  (publisher)

Here is where you can find the book:

• There are several copies available in Miami, OhioLINK, and SearchOhio libraries.  
  
• Amazon has the hardcover, paperback, and Kindle 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 I Cheerfully Refuse, the group also shared these titles for consideration at their July 26 meeting:

Waterworld (the movie)

The myth of Orpheus
The Many Lives of Momma Love, Lara Love Hardin
The Bodyguard, Katherine Center
Queen Bee, Dorothea Benton Frank

An Unfinished Love Story, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Clear Springs, Bobbie Ann Mason
1979, Val McDermid
Baddawi, Leila Abdelrazaq
The Sound of the Hours, Karen Campbell
The House of the Rising Sun, James Lee Burke
Where the Wandering Ends, Yvette Manessis Corporon

An Officer and a Spy, Robert Harris

Sex Cult Nun, Faith Jones

Long Live the Post Horn, Vigdis Hjorth
I Cheerfully Refuse, Leif Enger
Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir

We will meet at 12 pm on the 30th 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

John

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