This group reads a wide selection of mainstream fiction and some nonfiction. We meet the second Tuesday of the month at 11am. in-person at the store. Please join us even if you may not have read the book. We always welcome comments in our discussions. Just remember - there will be spoilers!
June Selection
In June we will be discussing "Happiness Falls" by Angie Kim.
“We didn’t call the police right away.” Those are the electric first words of this extraordinary novel about a biracial Korean American family in Virginia whose lives are upended when their beloved father and husband goes missing.
Mia, the irreverent, hyperanalytical twenty-year-old daughter, has an explanation for everything—which is why she isn’t initially concerned when her father and younger brother Eugene don’t return from a walk in a nearby park. They must have lost their phone. Or stopped for an errand somewhere. But by the time Mia’s brother runs through the front door bloody and alone, it becomes clear that the father in this tight-knit family is missing and the only witness is Eugene, who has the rare genetic condition Angelman syndrome and cannot speak.
What follows is both a ticking-clock investigation into the whereabouts of a father and an emotionally rich portrait of a family whose most personal secrets just may be at the heart of his disappearance. Full of shocking twists and fascinating questions of love, language, and human connection, Happiness Falls is a mystery, a family drama, and a novel of profound philosophical inquiry. With all the powerful storytelling she brought to her award-winning debut, Miracle Creek, Angie Kim turns the missing-person story into something wholly original, creating an indelible tale of a family who must go to remarkable lengths to truly understand one another.
Leader of the In-Person Group: Linda (she/her)
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Book Club Website:
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You may also like the following events from Auntie's Bookstore:
- This Sunday, 1st June, 11:00 am, STORYTIME: "The Day the Crayons Made Friends" with Esteban, the Green Crayon! in Spokane
- Next Tuesday, 3rd June, 06:00 pm, Science & Nature Book Club in Spokane
- Next Friday, 6th June, 07:00 pm, 3MM in Spokane
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