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Beach Books Book Club 2010
 
The store Book Club meets once a month on the Second Wednesday of the Month at 7:00 p.m. in the bookstore.  Anyone who has read the book and would like to discuss it or just listen to the discussion is welcome.  The discussion is informal and friendly.
 
 
 
 
 
Book Club Member Discount

 
Book Club Members  receive a 20% discount on the current month's book.  Other readers who just want to read the book we are reading receive a 10% discount.
 
 
 
Our Book Club Books
 TitleBook DescriptionAuthor
   
January 13

 

The Elegance of

the Hedgehog

 

Europa Editions

$15.00 

The Elegance of 

the Hedgehog 

 

In this enthralling international bestseller, two girls live inconspicuous lives in the center of an elegant Paris apartment building. It is only when a stranger moves into their building--and sees through the girls' disguises--that Paloma and Rene discover their kindred spirits.

 

Muriel

Barbery 

February 10

All Roads

Lead Me

Back to You

 

Pocket Books

$15.00 

All Roads

Lead Me

Back to You

 

"In a luminous fiction debut, Kennedy Foster captures the fragile bonds that join us...and travels the roads that bring us back, time and again, to love's saving grace."  --Publisher

Marketing

Kennedy

Foster 

March 10

 

When She Flew

 

New American

Library

$15.00

 When She Flew

 

The author of Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe pens a new novel about faith, family, and finding the courage to do the right thing.

Jennie Shortridge 
April 14

What Is the What

 

Vintage Books USA

$15.95 

What Is the What 

 

Based closely on true experiences of the Lost Boys of Sudan, who fled their war-ravaged country to come to the United States in the mid-1980s, this novel is heartbreaking and arresting, filled with adventure, suspense, tragedy, and, finally, triumph.

 Dave

Eggers

May 12

 

The Ginseng

Hunter

 

Anchor Books

$13.95 

The Ginseng

Hunter

 

 An unforgettable look at life along the fragile border between China and North Korea, The Ginseng Hunter is a confirmation of Jeff Talarigo's talent for finding humanity in the most unexpected places.

Jeff

Talarigo 

June 9

 

Velva Jean

Learns to Drive

 

Plume Books

$15.00 

Velva Jean

Learns to Drive

 

Set in Appalachia in the years before World War II, Velva Jean Learns to Drive is a poignant story of a spirited young girl growing up in the gold-mining and moonshining South.

Jennifer

Niven 

July 14

 

The Fires of Edgarville

 

Crispin/Hammer

$24.00 

 “Craig Danner has done it again. The Fires of Edgarville is a can't-stop-reading book. A story of mystery, betrayal, bigotry, sex, love, and forgiveness.  Books like this are the reason I read.”


-- Alison Clement, author of Pretty Is As Pretty Does and Twenty

Questions

Craig

Joseph

Danner 

August 11

 

 

Hotel on the Corner

of Bitter and Sweet

 

Ballantine Books

$15.00

"A tender and satisfying novel set in a time and a place lost forever, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet gives us a glimpse of the damage that is caused by war--not the sweeping damage of the battlefield, but the cold, cruel damage to the hearts and humanity of individual people. Especially relevant in today's world, this is a beautifully written book that will make you think. And, more importantly, it will make you "feel,""


--Garth Stein, New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain  

Jamie Ford 
September 8

 

 

The Crying Tree

 

Broadway Books

$14.00

Dramatic, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting, The Crying Tree is an unforgettable story of love and redemption, the unbreakable bonds of family, and the transformative power of forgiveness. 

Naseem

Rakha 

October 13   
November 10   
December 8