Ordinary Grace by William Kent Kruger In 1961New Bremen, Minnesota, is all quiet and serene. The Minnesota River flows through the countryside, the town barber knows everyone’s name, and folks dutifully attend church every Sunday. But that serenity is thrown into turmoil as a series of tragic deaths lead thirteen-year-old Frank Drum and his family […]
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd A tale of two sisters and a slave, this superb book takes you back in time to early 19th century South Carolina. Sarah Grimke and her sister, Angelina, struggled to break away from a life where a woman’s worth is measured by who she marries and slave […]
Eleven ardent readers gathered at the home of Susan Watson on a sunny, spring afternoon. We sipped Prosecco with raspberries and snacked on tiramisu and biscotti as we discussed The Shoemaker’s Wife by Adrianna Trigiani. The Shoemaker’s Wife is a beautifully told story of two teenagers who meet briefly and are suddenly separated. Unbeknownst to […]