BANISTER BOOK GROUP:
Tuesday,
April 25, 7:00 p.m. to 8 p.m. Written on
the Heart by Morgan Callan Rogers. “As unexpected clues regarding the fate
of Florine's mother-- who disappeared when Florine was twelve--begin to
surface, Florine and Bud face the challenges of trying to solve an old mystery
while building a new marriage and raising a family"-- Provided by
publisher.
Tuesday,
May 30, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Coal River: A Novel by
Ellen Marie Wiseman. Orphaned and penniless at nineteen, Emma
Malloy accepts a train ticket from her aunt and uncle and travels back to
isolated Coal River, Pennsylvania, in 1912. Treated like a servant, Emma works
for free in the company store. The young children who toil all day sorting coal
amid treacherous machinery remind Emma of the little brother she lost long ago,
and she begins leaving stolen food on families’ doorsteps, and marking the
miners’ bills as paid. As the lines blur between what is legal and what is
just, Emma must risk everything to follow her conscience.
Tuesday,
June 27. 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Beekeeper’s Apprentice: on the segregation
of the queen by Laurie King. A chance meeting with an elderly beekeeper turns
into a pivotal, personal transformation when fifteen-year-old Mary Russell
discovers that the beekeeper is the reclusive Sherlock Holmes, who soon takes
on the role of mentor and teacher.
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