Rainwater

Author: Sandra Brown Starred Review. Bestseller Brown (Smash Cut) brings Depression-era Texas to vivid life in this poignant short novel. At the recommendation of Dr. Murdy Kincaid, Ella Barron, a hardworking woman whose husband deserted her, accepts David Rainwater,...

Life and A Reliable Wife

Author: Keith Richards and Robert Goolrick The Club read two books this month.  Life is an autobiographical book about Keith Richards’ life. A Reliable Wife is a story of a woman who responds to an ad for a “reliable wife.” Catherine Land answers...

The Widows of Eastwick

Author: John Updike Set in the small, seaside town of Eastwick, Rhode Island, this story involves 3 witches and their involvement in the people of the town as well as a newcomer from New York who purchased an old estate in town. We spent some time talking about the...

Her Fearful Symmetry

Author: Audrey Niffenegger Twin sisters living in the suburbs of Chicago inheret an apartment in London from their aunt whom they have never met. As a condition of their inheretance, they must live in the flat which borders Highgate Cemetery, without their parents for...

The Irresistible Henry House

Author: Lisa Grunwald In the early 1960’s, Wilton College conducted a course of child raising using orphans from a local orphanage. Henry House was one such orphan, and this story follows him into adulthood. Henry struggles with commitment issues and his...