First Readers Book Club
April Book Club
Join us on Tuesday, April 9 for a discussion at First Christian Church at 10:00 AM
This month the featured book is Homecoming by Kate Morton.
Everyone is welcome.
Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek on the grounds of a grand country house, a local man makes a terrible discovery. Police are called, and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most baffling murder investigations in the history of South Australia.
Many years later and thousands of miles away, Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked in London for two decades, she now finds herself unemployed and struggling to make ends meet. A phone call out of nowhere summons her back to Sydney, where her beloved grandmother Nora, who raised Jess when her mother could not, has suffered a fall and is seriously ill in the hospital.
At Nora's house, Jess discovers a true crime book chronicling a long-buried police case: the Turner Family Tragedy of 1959. It is only when Jess skims through its pages that she finds a shocking connection between her own family and this notorious event – a mystery that has never been satisfactorily resolved.
An epic story that spans generations, Homecoming asks what we would do for those we love, how we protect the lies we tell, and what it means to come home. Above all, it is an intricate and spellbinding novel from one of the finest writers working today.
Many years later and thousands of miles away, Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked in London for two decades, she now finds herself unemployed and struggling to make ends meet. A phone call out of nowhere summons her back to Sydney, where her beloved grandmother Nora, who raised Jess when her mother could not, has suffered a fall and is seriously ill in the hospital.
At Nora's house, Jess discovers a true crime book chronicling a long-buried police case: the Turner Family Tragedy of 1959. It is only when Jess skims through its pages that she finds a shocking connection between her own family and this notorious event – a mystery that has never been satisfactorily resolved.
An epic story that spans generations, Homecoming asks what we would do for those we love, how we protect the lies we tell, and what it means to come home. Above all, it is an intricate and spellbinding novel from one of the finest writers working today.
The book club meets each month on the second Tuesday from 10:00 AM – 11:30 in the church library.
Upcoming books 2023-2024
Here is a list of the upcoming books:
Aug. 2023 “The Clockmaker’s Daughter” Apr. 2024 “Homecoming”
by Kate Morton by Kate Morton
Sep. 2023 “The Sentence” May 2024 “Hang the Moon”
by Louise Erdwich by Jeanette Walls
Oct. 2023 “The Overnight Guest” Jun. 2024 “The Light Between Oceans”
by Heather Gudenkauf by M. L. Stedman
Nov. 2023 “Demon Copperhead” Jul. 2024 “The Twelve Tribes of Hattie”
by Barbara Kinsolver by Ayana Mathis
Dec. 2023 “The Light We Carry” Aug. 2024 “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”
by Michelle Obama by Betty Smith
Jan. 2024 “Miss Etta: A Novel” Sep. 2024 “The Chaperone”
by Deanna Lynn Sletten by Laura Moriarty
Feb.2024 “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” Oct. 2024 “Ordinary Sacred: The Simple
by Taylor Jenkins Reid Beauty of Everyday Life”
by Kent Nerburn
Mar. 2024 “50 Words for Rain” Nov. 2024 “A Lantern in Her Hand”
by Asha Lemmie by Bess Streeter Aldreich
Aug. 2023 “The Clockmaker’s Daughter” Apr. 2024 “Homecoming”
by Kate Morton by Kate Morton
Sep. 2023 “The Sentence” May 2024 “Hang the Moon”
by Louise Erdwich by Jeanette Walls
Oct. 2023 “The Overnight Guest” Jun. 2024 “The Light Between Oceans”
by Heather Gudenkauf by M. L. Stedman
Nov. 2023 “Demon Copperhead” Jul. 2024 “The Twelve Tribes of Hattie”
by Barbara Kinsolver by Ayana Mathis
Dec. 2023 “The Light We Carry” Aug. 2024 “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”
by Michelle Obama by Betty Smith
Jan. 2024 “Miss Etta: A Novel” Sep. 2024 “The Chaperone”
by Deanna Lynn Sletten by Laura Moriarty
Feb.2024 “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” Oct. 2024 “Ordinary Sacred: The Simple
by Taylor Jenkins Reid Beauty of Everyday Life”
by Kent Nerburn
Mar. 2024 “50 Words for Rain” Nov. 2024 “A Lantern in Her Hand”
by Asha Lemmie by Bess Streeter Aldreich