Monday, December 29, 2014

Last Light Over Carolina by Mary Alice Monroe

Last Light Over Carolina 
by Mary Alice Monroe

Book Club Meeting: Monday, January 12, 2015

From the "New York Times "bestselling author of "Time Is a River "comes a new lyrical and emotionally satisfying novel that will sweep readers away to the seductive southern landscape--in the tradition of Sue Monk Kidd and Anne Rivers Siddons.

With a warm voice that brings the South to life, "New York Times "bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe writes richly textured novels that intimately portray the complex and emotional relationships shared among family, friends, and the natural world. Here, in "Last Light Over Carolina," Monroe tells the haunting and touching story of a longtime shrimp boat captain and his wife of thirty years the day he is injured at sea.

On an otherwise ordinary day, in a small shrimping village off the coast of South Carolina, a boat goes missing. The entire town rallies as all are mobilized to find the lost vessel. Throughout the course of one day, flashbacks of Bud Morrison, the captain on board, and Carolina, his wife, reveal the happier days of a once-thriving shrimping industry juxtaposed with the memories of their long term marriage.

Through her wonderfully evocative storytelling and keen insights into the human heart, Mary Alice Monroe has yet again delivered an exceptional and engaging work of fiction.

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Christmas Party!

Our annual Christmas Party at Ryans on 838 Odum Road Gardendale, AL 35071
-- GIFT EXCHANGE --
Wrap up a book you've read and swap it!

See you there!!!

Monday, November 10, 2014

The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree



 
November 10, 2014  @ 6:00pm
The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree(The Darling Dahlias #1)
by Susan Wittig Albert


The country may be struggling through the Great Depression, but the good ladies of Darling, Alabama, are determined to keep their chins up and their town beautiful. Their garden club, the Darling Dahlias, has just inherited a new clubhouse and garden, complete with two beautiful cucumber trees in full bloom.

But life in Darling is not all garden parties and rosemary lemonade.

When local blond bombshell Bunny Scott is found in a suspicious car wreck, the Dahlias decide to dig into the town's buried secrets, and club members Lizzy, Ophelia, and Verna soon find leads sprouting up faster than weeds. The town is all abuzz with news of an escaped convict from the prison farm, rumors of trouble at the bank, and tales of a ghost heard digging around the cucumber tree. If anyone can get to the root of these mysteries, it's the Darling Dahlias.

Thursday, September 11, 2014

The Apple Orchard (Bella Vista Chronicles #1)

Monday, October 13th 2014 @ 6:00pm
Meeting in the Adult meeting room at the Gardendale Public Library

The Apple Orchard (Bella Vista Chronicles #1)

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