BOOK CLUB
The Book Club was started in 2008 and is still going strong! The friendly group meets every 5-6 weeks in our lower lounge to discuss the book chosen by one of us.
We have read fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, short stories and is there anything else? Discussions are always enjoyable accompanied by snacks and drinks for those interested. It is open to all, even if you'd only like to join for select books. We also have semi-regular poetry readings and movie screenings which coincide with our book selections.
Book Club meetings always provide a fine evening of wine, snacks and some lively - but friendly - conversation. All Racquet Club members are invited to join us at any time!
Contact Claire Miko at parkhillracquetclub@gmail.com, if you would like to be included.
Books We’ve Read:
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Flannery O’Connor’s novella, Wise Blood
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Man from St. Petersburg by Ken Follett
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
The Glass Castle, a memoir by Jeannette Walls
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
Farewell My Lovely, the detective classic by Raymond Chandler
Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by French novelist, Muriel Barbery
The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Lamb by Christopher Moore
Let the Great World Spin by Colm McAnn
The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy
Nightwoods by Charles Frazier
To the End of the Land by David Grossman
The Whistling Season by Ivan DoigAn Imaginary Life by David Malouf
A Visit from the Goon Squad, short stories by Jennifer Egan
The Master and Margarita, a Russian classic by Mikhail Bulgakov
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks
The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
Awake in the Dark by Shira Nayman
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Canada by Richard Ford
Final Payments by Mary Gordon
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro
Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
The Liars' Club by Mary Karr
Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
Fever, an historical novel about "Typhoid Mary" by Mary Beth Keane
The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
H is for Hawk by Helen McDonald
The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller
To the End of the Land by David Grossman