Friday Book Club 2024-2025
The bandit queens : a novel
Shroff, Parini, author
2023
Geeta's no-good husband disappeared five years ago. She didn't kill him, but everyone thinks she did - no matter how much she protests. But she soon discovers that being known as a "self-made" widow has some surprising perks. Freedom must look good on Geeta, because other women in the village have started asking for her help to get rid of their own no-good husbands. Now that Geeta's fearsome reputation has become a double-edged sword, she must decide how far to go to protect it, along with the life she's built. Because even the best-laid plans of would-be widows tend to go awry.
The bell jar
Plath, Sylvia, author
2013
Sylvia Plath's groundbreaking semi-autobiographical novel offers an intimate, honest and often wrenching glimpse into mental illness. The Bell Jar broke the boundaries between fiction and reality and helped cement Sylvia Plath's place as an enduring.
Friends, lovers, and the big terrible thing : a memoir
Perry, Matthew, 1969- author
2022
"The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes readers onto the soundstage of the most successful sitcom of all time while opening up about his private struggles with addiction. Candid, self-aware, and told with his trademark humor, Perry vividly details his lifelong battle with the disease and what fueled it despite seemingly having it all. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing is an unforgettable memoir that shares the most intimate details of the love Perry lost, his darkest days, and his greatest friends. Unflinchingly honest, moving, and hilarious: this is the book fans have been waiting for"-- Provided by publisher.
How to solve your own murder : a novel
Perrin, Kristen, author
2024
It's 1965 and teenage Frances Adams is at a country fair with her friends. But the night takes a hairpin turn with a fortune-teller's bone-chilling prediction: One day, Frances will be murdered. In the present day, Annie Adams has been summoned to a meeting at the sprawling country estate of her wealthy and reclusive great-aunt Frances. But by the time Annie arrives in the quaint English village of Castle Knoll, Frances is already dead. Annie starts to fear she might inherit her aunt's fate instead of her fortune.
The one
Marrs, John (Freelance journalist), author
2020
A simple DNA test is all it takes. Just a quick mouth swab and soon you'll be matched with your perfect partner--the one you're genetically made for. That's the promise made by Match Your DNA. A decade ago, the company announced that they had found the gene that pairs each of us with our soul mate. Since then, millions of people around the world have been matched. But the discovery has its downsides: test results have led to the breakup of countless relationships and upended the traditional ideas of dating, romance and love. Now five very different people have received the notification that they've been 'Matched.' They're each about to meet their one true love. But 'happily ever after' isn't guaranteed for everyone. Because even soul mates have secrets. And some are more shocking than others.
The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Reid, Taylor Jenkins, author
2017
Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?
Winter garden
Hannah, Kristin, author
2010
Reunited when their beloved father falls ill, sisters Meredith and Nina find themselves under the shadow of their disapproving mother, whose painful history is hidden behind her rendition of a Russian fairy tale told to the sisters in childhood.