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Bookclub Selection

I am supposed to chose the book for our July meeting. Any suggestions? Has anyone read "The Orphan Train" by Christina Kline or "Founding Mothers" by Cokie Roberts? Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Mandy Muffin on February 20, 2014 at 3:53pm

I am finishing up "The Orphan Train" right now. It tells parallel stories of a young American Indian girl in Maine, who is without parents and is doing some community service for a minor crime by helping an elderly woman clean out her attic. The older woman was once an "orphan train" victim, kids who were left abandoned in the NYC area, then shipped out by train to work on Midwestern farms in the Depression. The story has me hooked. The reading is easy and is building up to a conclusion that I hope will be satisfying. I have not read the other book.

Permalink Reply by Countryphyl on February 20, 2014 at 4:30pm

Thanks. Sounds good. I will keep it on my list.

Permalink Reply by officerripley on February 20, 2014 at 5:07pm

I haven't read Founding Mothers, but I read The Orphan Train & liked it very much.

Permalink Reply by Countryphyl on February 20, 2014 at 5:15pm

Thanks. Sounds like that may be a good choice.

Permalink Reply by rapa on February 20, 2014 at 8:52pm

I, too, enjoyed THE ORPHAN TRAIN. Has your F2F club read THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS by M. L. Stedman? They may have read it last year.

Another book that would be good for a book club is CALLING ME HOME by Julie Kibler. I gave it a 90 on the Slopok Scale. http://www.amazon.com/Calling-Me-Home-Julie-Kibler-ebook/dp/B008RVA...

Permalink Reply by Countryphyl on February 21, 2014 at 8:28am

We read Light between Oceans last year. Good book. I will check out Calling Me Home. Thanks

Permalink Reply by Eaglewoman on February 21, 2014 at 7:34am

Just read Orphan Train we are going to discuss it in March, also just read light between the Ocean we are reading it later in the year, really liked it, bur reminded me of Secret Garden. Last year we read Calling Me home- really liked it.

Permalink Reply by rapa on February 21, 2014 at 8:53am

Thought you might enjoy CALLING ME HOME as the women go to Cincinnati!

Permalink Reply by Lip Service on February 22, 2014 at 5:43am