Book Group
Join us to discuss books in a small group setting. We meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month via Zoom. We check in at 10:45 AM, then start the discussion at 11:00 AM, which lasts for about an hour. We select the books as a group every August, choosing from all genres. The discussion is always stimulating, lively and respectful.
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To join the meeting on Zoom, go to our online calendar by clicking below.
For more information please contact Ann Nelson by clicking the button below.
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Upcoming Books
April: The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
May: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
June: My Friends by Fredrik Backman
July: No Book Group meeting
August: Book selection meeting
Recent Reads
The Dry by Lynn Harper
Empress of the Nile by Lynne Olson
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
Six Days in Bombay by Alka Joshi
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Calahan Henry
The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
Long Island by Colm Toibin
God of the Woods by Liz Moore
James by Percival Everett
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
About Raising Hare: A Memoir
by Chloe Dalton
"A perfect testimony to the transformative power of love."--Margaret Renkl, author of The Comfort of Crows
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Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine that it lived under your roof and bounded around your bedroom at night, drumming on the duvet cover when it wanted your attention. Imagine that, more than two years later, it still ran in from the fields when you called it and slept in your house for hours on end. For political advisor and speechwriter Chloe Dalton, who spent lockdown deep in the English countryside, far away from her usual busy London life, this became her unexpected reality.
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In February 2021, Dalton stumbles upon a newborn hare--a leveret--that had been chased by a dog. Fearing for its life, she brings it home, only to discover how difficult it is to rear a wild hare, most of whom perish in captivity from either shock or starvation. Through trial and error, she learns to feed and care for the leveret with every intention of returning it to the wilderness. Instead, it becomes her constant companion, wandering the fields and woods at night and returning to Dalton's house by day. Though Dalton feared that the hare would be preyed upon by foxes, weasels, feral cats, raptors, or even people, she never tried to restrict it to the house. Each time the hare leaves, Chloe knows she may never see it again. Yet she also understands that to confine it would be its own kind of death.
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Raising Hare chronicles their journey together while also taking a deep dive into the lives and nature of hares, and the way they have been viewed historically in art, literature, and folklore. We witness firsthand the joy at this extraordinary relationship between human and animal, which serves as a reminder that the best things, and most beautiful experiences, arise when we least expect them.