First Readers Book Club
August Book Club
Join us on Tuesday, August 10 for a discussion at First Christian Church at 10:00 AM
This month is the featured book is Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles
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Books are available in the office.
Everyone is welcome.
In March 1865, the long and bitter War between the States is winding down. Till now, twenty-three-year-old Simon Boudlin has evaded military duty thanks to his slight stature, youthful appearance, and utter lack of compunction about bending the truth. But following a barroom brawl in Victoria, Texas, Simon finds himself conscripted, however belatedly, into the Confederate Army. Luckily his talent with a fiddle gets him a comparatively easy position in a regimental band.
Weeks later, on the eve of the Confederate surrender, Simon and his bandmates are called to play for officers and their families from both sides of the conflict. There the quick-thinking, audacious fiddler can’t help but notice the lovely Doris Mary Dillon, an indentured girl from Ireland, who is governess to a Union colonel’s daughter.
After the surrender, Simon and Doris go their separate ways. He will travel around Texas seeking fame and fortune as a musician. She must accompany the colonel’s family to finish her three years of service. But Simon cannot forget the fair Irish maiden, and vows that someday he will find her again.
Incandescent in its beauty, told in Paulette Jiles’s trademark spare yet lilting style, Simon the Fiddler is a captivating, bittersweet tale of the chances a devoted man will take, and the lengths he will go to fulfill his heart’s yearning.
Join us Tuesday, August 10, to share some uplifting conversation! All are welcome.
Weeks later, on the eve of the Confederate surrender, Simon and his bandmates are called to play for officers and their families from both sides of the conflict. There the quick-thinking, audacious fiddler can’t help but notice the lovely Doris Mary Dillon, an indentured girl from Ireland, who is governess to a Union colonel’s daughter.
After the surrender, Simon and Doris go their separate ways. He will travel around Texas seeking fame and fortune as a musician. She must accompany the colonel’s family to finish her three years of service. But Simon cannot forget the fair Irish maiden, and vows that someday he will find her again.
Incandescent in its beauty, told in Paulette Jiles’s trademark spare yet lilting style, Simon the Fiddler is a captivating, bittersweet tale of the chances a devoted man will take, and the lengths he will go to fulfill his heart’s yearning.
Join us Tuesday, August 10, to share some uplifting conversation! All are welcome.
The book club meets each month on the second Tuesday from 10:00 AM – 11:30.
Books for the year
Here is the list of books we will be reading for the rest of the year:
September 14 This Tender Land
By William Kent Krueger
October 12 Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
By Kim Michele Richardson
November 9 Cup of Holiday Fear
By Kim Michele Richardson
December 14 The Four Winds
By Kristin Hannah
January 11 The Book of Lost Friends
By Lisa Wingate
February 8 The Only Woman in the Room
By Heather Terrell
March 8 Underground Railroad
By Colson Whitehead
April 12 Clementine
By Marie Benedict
May 10 The Personal Librarian
Heather Terrell and
Victoria Christopher Murray
June 14 News of the World
Paulette Jiles
July 12 Commonwealth
Ann Patchett
September 14 This Tender Land
By William Kent Krueger
October 12 Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
By Kim Michele Richardson
November 9 Cup of Holiday Fear
By Kim Michele Richardson
December 14 The Four Winds
By Kristin Hannah
January 11 The Book of Lost Friends
By Lisa Wingate
February 8 The Only Woman in the Room
By Heather Terrell
March 8 Underground Railroad
By Colson Whitehead
April 12 Clementine
By Marie Benedict
May 10 The Personal Librarian
Heather Terrell and
Victoria Christopher Murray
June 14 News of the World
Paulette Jiles
July 12 Commonwealth
Ann Patchett
