Susan Watson

March 9,2016 Book club at the home of Susan Watson

By Susan Watson | March 21, 2016

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 […]

November 2014 Book Group members all enjoyed The Invention of Wings.

By Susan Watson | November 21, 2014

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 […]

March 12 Book Group The shoemaker’s wife by Adriana Trigiani

By Susan Watson | March 18, 2014

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 […]