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Books

Sunshine Online Book Club

Current Book Information

Book Selection:

Drowning Ruth by: Christina Schwarz

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by: Mitch Albom

Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil by: John Berendt

Girl Wtih a Pearl Earring by: Tracy Chevalier

White Oleander by: Janet Fitch

Cold Mountain by: Charles Frazier

The Secret Life of Bees by: Sue Monk Kidd

Where the Heart is by: Billie Letts

The Pilot's Wife by: Anita Shreve

A Thousand Acres by: Jane Smiley

The Weight of Water by: Anita Shreve

We Were the Mulvaneys by: Joyce Carol Oats

Gap Creek by: Robert Morgan

Vinegar Hill by: A. Manette Ansay

Blessings by: Anna Quindlen

Our current book is:

Drowning Ruth

Author: Christina Schwarz

A wonderfully constructed gothic suspense novel set on a stark Wisconsin farm in 1919. The story goes backward and forward in time and is told by Amanda, her niece Ruth, and an omniscient narrator.

Current Book Discussion Topics:

1. What do you think of Amanda Starkey? Is she sympathetic? How does her unreliability affect your attitude towards her?

2. Is love a good thing in this novel?

3. What does the island represent?

4. What makes someone a mother? How do you feel about Amanda as a mother?

5. How does Carl relate to the women in his life?

If there are books you would like the group to read please feel free to send me a message and I will add it to our list.

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Sunshine Online Book Club