The Midway Woods Book Club meets regularly to discuss books of interest to the group. Book Club participants vote on which book to read next, and then meet up to discuss what they’ve read and enjoy each others’ company.
It’s not too late to join in for our next book!
Slated for January 2024 is William Kent Krueger’s The River We Remember: A Novel.
A short description of the book from BookClubs.com: “In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh fuel on old grievances in this dazzling standalone novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the “expansive, atmospheric American saga” (Entertainment Weekly) This Tender Land.”
” On Memorial Day, as the people of Jewel, Minnesota gather to remember and honor the sacrifice of so many sons in the wars of the past, the half-clothed body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster River, dead from a shotgun blast. Investigation of the murder falls to Sheriff Brody Dern, a highly decorated war hero who still carries the physical and emotional scars from his military service. Even before Dern has the results of the autopsy, vicious rumors begin to circulate that the killer must be Noah Bluestone, a Native American WWII veteran who has recently returned to Jewel with a Japanese wife. As suspicions and accusations mount and the town teeters on the edge of more violence, Dern struggles not only to find the truth of Quinn’s murder but also put to rest the demons from his own past.
“Caught up in the torrent of anger that sweeps through Jewel are a war widow and her adolescent son, the intrepid publisher of the local newspaper, an aging deputy, and a crusading female lawyer, all of whom struggle with their own tragic histories and harbor secrets that Quinn’s death threatens to expose.
“Both a complex, spellbinding mystery and a masterful portrait of midcentury American life from an author of novels “as big-hearted as they come” (Parade), The River We Remember is an unflinching look at the wounds left by the wars we fight abroad and at home, a moving exploration of the ways in which we seek to heal, and a testament to the enduring power of the stories we tell about the places we call home.”
More information on the book can be found at BookClubs.com.
When: Tuesday, January 23, 2024 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Where: The Lost Druid Brewery & Distillery, 2866 Washington St, Avondale Estates, GA 30002
If you’d like to join the club, just send an email to midwaywoodscommunications@gmail.com and let us know you’d like to join! Just email us if you’d like to get in on the fun!
Among the other books that the club has read and discussed in the past:
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- My Time Will Come: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption by Ian Manual.
- Blow Your House Down: A Story of Family, Feminism, and Treason by Gina Frangello
- Less by Andrew Sean Greer
- Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder
- Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
- Educated by Tara Westover
- The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires: A Novel by Grady Hendrix
- The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish
- Queen Sugar by Natalie Baszile
- Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir by Natasha Trethawey
- Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
- The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver