The Novel Bunch Group will meet at 2 p.m. in the Marvin Library Multipurpose Room (2nd floor) on the following dates:
Jan. 23, Feb. 27, March. 27, April 24
Monday, Jan. 23 — “Circling the Sun: A Novel” by Paula McLain and “Boston Girl” by Anita Diamont
New York Times Bestseller • Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, BookPage and Shelf Awareness
“Paula McLain is considered the new star of historical fiction, and for good reason. Fans of ‘The Paris Wife’ will be captivated by ‘Circling the Sun,’ which… is both beautifully written and utterly engrossing.” — Ann Patchett, Country Living.
McLain, author of the phenomenal bestseller “The Paris Wife,” now returns with her keenly anticipated new novel, transporting readers to colonial Kenya in the 1920s. “Circling the Sun” brings to life a fearless and captivating woman, Beryl Markham, a record-setting aviator caught up in a passionate love triangle with safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton and Karen Blixen, who as Isak Dinesen wrote the classic memoir “Out of Africa.”
Brought to Kenya from England as a child and then abandoned by her mother, Beryl is raised by both her father and the native Kipsigis tribe who share his estate. Her unconventional upbringing transforms Beryl into a bold young woman with a fierce love of all things wild and an inherent understanding of nature’s delicate balance. But even the wild child must grow up, and when everything Beryl knows and trusts dissolves, she is catapulted into a string of disastrous relationships.
Beryl forges her own path as a horse trainer, and her uncommon style attracts the eye of the Happy Valley set, a decadent, bohemian community of European expats who also live and love by their own set of rules. But it’s the ruggedly charismatic Denys Finch Hatton who ultimately helps Beryl navigate the uncharted territory of her own heart. The intensity of their love reveals Beryl’s truest self and her fate: to fly. Set against the majestic landscape of early-20th-century Africa, McLain’s powerful tale reveals the extraordinary adventures of a woman before her time, the exhilaration of freedom and its cost, and the tenacity of the human spirit.
Monday, Feb. 27 – “Anarctica: Life on the Ice” Travelers’ Tales Guides, edited by Susan Fox Rogers
Antarctica’s legend as a fascinating, forbidding place is
confirmed and expanded in these insider articles. Covering everything from “Happy Camper
School” to washing dishes to what it’s like to fall in love in a place where the sun never goes down (or never comes up), these articles limn a world of colorful characters (human and otherwise) and breathtaking backdrops. The humor runs high here in work by Karen Joyce, who recounts an odd afternoon when it “rained chickens,” and Glenn Grant, who riffs on the dreaded “psych test.” Some of the contributors are award-winning travel writers: Bill Fox, for example, leads a pithy tour through the remote base McMurdo, while Lucy Bledsoe tells of looking for krill and finding dinosaur bones instead. Other contributors are newbies, who vividly conjure the region’s extraordinary sights, from gale-force winds and magnificent glaciers to mummified seals and charming penguins.
Author Susan Fox Rogers will be on campus Thursday, March 2 as part of Voices: A Library Lecture Series to share her experiences living at McMurdo Station in Antarctica and on the ship Antigua in the Arctic.
Monday March 27 –– to be determined
April 24 — to be determined
For more information contact Anne LaBelle at 629-7384 or a.labelle@hvcc.edu.
Published: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 18:38:42 +0000 by v.waldin