The Contemporary Fiction Book Group is for readers interested in reading and discussing fiction written within the last twenty years. The group meets one Wednesday a month at 7:00 p.m. in the 2nd floor conference room at the Gail Borden Public Library. New members are always welcome! To join, please contact Tish Calhamer via
or at 847-429-4683.
2009-2010 Schedule
September 16, 2009 Mudbound
By Jordan, Hillary
2009 Alex Award
This prize-winning novel is storytelling at the height of its powers: the ache of wrongs not yet made right, the fierce attendance of history made real (Barbara Kingsolver), as men and women from two families become players in a tragedy on the grandest scale. …More
Meet Enzo, the unforgettable canine narrator of this bittersweet and transformative story of family, love, loyalty, and hope. Enzo is a philosopher with a nearly human soul, and he's gained a wealth of knowledge from hours spent in front of the TV. …More
2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winner New York Times bestselling author Strout binds together 13 rich, luminous narratives through the presence of one larger-than-life, unforgettable character: Olive Kitteridge, who offers profound insights into the human condition. …More
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London, 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of Guernsey during the German occupation, and about a society as extraordinary as its name. …More
In the tradition of Mary Karr's "The Liars' Club" and Rick Bragg's "All Over But the Shouting," Jeannette Walls has written a stunning and life-affirming memoir about surviving a willfully impoverished, eccentric and severely misguided family. …More
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This new novel from the author of The Danish Girl and Pasadena is a spellbinding work of literary suspense, set against the history of the Mormon Church, that combines historical fiction with a modern-day mystery. …More
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From the bestselling author of "The Wife" and "The Position" comes a feverishly smart novel about female ambition, money, class, motherhood, and marriage--and what happens in one community when a group of educated women chooses not to work. …More
Since its first publication in 1979, "The Things They Carried" has become an unparalleled testament to the men who served in Vietnam--a classic work that illuminates the capacity, and the limits, of the human heart and soul. …More
From the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author of If the River Was Whiskey and The Road to Wellville comes a rich and deeply moving novel of the men and women who risk everything to cross the Mexican border to partake of the American Dream. …More
This riveting saga of an American family captures the deep and ancient alliance between humans and dogs, and the power of fate through one boy's epic journey into the wild. …More
