The MUM Book Discussion group will next meet on Friday, September 26. Our title is This is Happiness by Niall Williams. Here is a brief summary:
"Change is coming to Faha, a small Irish parish that hasn't changed in a thousand years. For one thing, the rain is stopping. Nobody remembers when it started; rain on the western seaboard is a condition of living. But now - just as Father Coffey proclaims the coming of the electricity - the rain clouds are lifting. Seventeen-year-old Noel Crowe is idling in the unexpected sunshine when Christy makes his first entrance into Faha, bringing secrets he needs to atone for. Though he can't explain it, Noel knows right then: something has changed. As the people of Faha anticipate the endlessly procrastinated advent of the electricity, and Noel navigates his own coming-of-age and his falling in and out of love, Christy's past gradually comes to light, casting a new glow on a small world." (publisher)
Here is where you can find the book:
- There are several copies available from Miami and OhioLINK libraries, using the Miami University Libraries Search, or by checking at your local public library (our statewide access to public libraries' collections, SearchOhio, will be down from August 1 to the end of October to allow for technical upgrades).
- 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 In the Woods, the group also shared these titles for consideration at their August 22 meeting:
The Bad Seed (film)
The Likeness, Tana French
Three Bags Full, Leonie Swann
The Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Likeness, Tana French
Three Bags Full, Leonie Swann
The Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi Coates
The September House, Carissa Orlando
11/22/63, Stephen King
After Annie, Anna Quindlen
Commonwealth, Ann Patchett
Annabelle & Thatch: Cat Tales from West 82nd Street, Larry Moore
The General of the Dead Army, Ismail Kadare
The Four Winds, Kristin Hannah
The Searcher, Tana French
The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue
The God of the Woods, Liz Moore
The Lost Passenger, Frances Quinn
Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction, Lynne Olson
Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen, Mary Norris
When Books Went to War, Molly Guptil Manning
The Bastard of Istanbul, Elif Shafak
We will meet at 11:30 pm on the 22nd both in Room 123 in the Library and in Zoom at
Add this event to your Google Calendar! (which includes the Zoom information)
Please come along to our discussion to share what you've been reading/watching/
If you're looking for something interesting to read, check out our page of past and future reads at http://www.mid.miamioh.edu/
John
"Arriving at Waterfoot, ca. 1890" by Jared Enos is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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