Books for May 2008

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

In The Glass Castle, Walls chronicles her upbringing at the hands of eccentric, nomadic parents--Rose Mary, her frustrated-artist mother, and Rex, her brilliant, alcoholic father. Rose Mary and Rex, motivated by whims and paranoia, uproot their kids time and again. Walls describes in fascinating detail what it was to be a child in this family, from the embarrassing to the horrific.

Join the Buenaventura Lakes Branch Library on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 10:00 am for a lively discussion. Light refreshments will be served.

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Eureka by Jim Lehre

Aging Eureka, Kansas insurance executive relives his youth with disastrous and hilarious results. Approaching 60, Otis Halstead, reaches his midlife crisis by going on a shopping spree of items he’s always wanted like a miniature fire truck ($12,000), a BB gun and a motor scooter. A co-workers suicide provides the impetus for Otis to mount the scooter and leave town. Calamity gives way to poignancy in this fun story that celebrates the ordinary and gives us characters that stay with the reader.

Join the Poinciana Branch Library on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 2:00 pm for a lively discussion. Light refreshments will be served.

The Choice by Nicholas Sparks

A master at creating beautiful, old-fashioned courtship that pulls the reader into the story, Sparks gives us a contemporary romance. Travis is a veterinarian who has reached the age of 32 with no apparent girlfriend—to the consternation of family and friends. Then he meets his next door neighbor, Gabby, a defensive woman whose long-time boyfriend challenges Travis’ growing feelings.

Join the Buenaventura Lakes Branch Library on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 10:00 am for a lively discussion. Light refreshments will be served.

Thw Wilde Women by Paula Wall

Having left her southern hometown of Five Points five years earlier after discovering that her sister and fiancé had been having an affair, unpredictable Pearl Wilde returns home to exact revenge.

Join the Poinciana Branch Library on Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 2:00 pm for a lively discussion. Light refreshments will be served.

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

In The Glass Castle, Walls chronicles her upbringing at the hands of eccentric, nomadic parents--Rose Mary, her frustrated-artist mother, and Rex, her brilliant, alcoholic father. Rose Mary and Rex, motivated by whims and paranoia, uproot their kids time and again. Walls describes in fascinating detail what it was to be a child in this family, from the embarrassing to the horrific.

Join the Buenaventura Lakes Branch Library on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 10:00 am for a lively discussion. Light refreshments will be served.

Eureka by Jim Lehre

Aging Eureka, Kansas insurance executive relives his youth with disastrous and hilarious results. Approaching 60, Otis Halstead, reaches his midlife crisis by going on a shopping spree of items he’s always wanted like a miniature fire truck ($12,000), a BB gun and a motor scooter. A co-workers suicide provides the impetus for Otis to mount the scooter and leave town. Calamity gives way to poignancy in this fun story that celebrates the ordinary and gives us characters that stay with the reader.

Join the Poinciana Branch Library on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 2:00 pm for a lively discussion. Light refreshments will be served.

Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland

Renoir is inspired to paint "Luncheon of the boating party" when his other work is criticized by Emile Zola, and while doing so is drawn into lives of the thirteen people featured in it as they enjoy a Parisian summer during the late 1800s.

Join the Buenaventura Lakes Branch Library on Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 10:00 am for a lively discussion. Light refreshments will be served.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

In a tale spanning 25 years, a doctor delivers his newborn twins during a snowstorm and rashly decides to turn his daughter, afflicted with Down Syndrome, over to a nurse, who secretly raises the child. A moving tale of two families bound by a secret that destroys relationships but eventually helps create new ones.

Join the Poinciana Branch Library on Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 2:00 pm for a lively discussion. Light refreshments will be served.