26 Dec
6:30 pm
Sophia's Ristorante Italiano
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What we are reading in December: Greenwood by Michael Christie
It’s 2034 and Jake Greenwood is a storyteller and a liar, an overqualified tour guide babysitting ultra-rich vacationers in one of the world’s last remaining forests.
It’s 2008 and Liam Greenwood is a carpenter, fallen from a ladder and sprawled on his broken back, calling out from the concrete floor of an empty mansion.
It’s 1974 and Willow Greenwood is out of jail, free after being locked up for one of her endless series of environmental protests: attempts at atonement for the sins of her father’s once vast and violent timber empire.
It’s 1934 and Everett Greenwood is alone, as usual, in his maple syrup camp squat when he hears the cries of an abandoned infant and gets tangled up in the web of a crime that will cling to his family for decades.
And throughout, there are trees: thrumming a steady, silent pulse beneath Christie’s effortless sentences and working as a guiding metaphor for withering, weathering, and survival.
A shining, intricate clockwork of a novel, Greenwood is a rain-soaked and sun-dappled story of the bonds and breaking points of money and love, wood and blood—and the hopeful, impossible task of growing toward the light.
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11 Comments
Hi all, I bought my mom a Gloss membership for Christmas (Naples, FL club), but I am slightly confused on how to sign my mom up for book club meetings in Naples? I am curious if someone could direct me, thank you!
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My son got this subscription for Christmas!
Please email info and specifics
I just bought a membership. I found the books for each month but do not know when the Naples club meets or where. Please help me find on the website.
Thanks
Hi Barbara! The April meeting for Naples was just posted under “Upcoming Bookclubs” just above!
I can’t seem to find anything about the May meeting . What is the best place to check and sign up for May?
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Hi Barbara! The May meeting has not been posted yet, it should be up very soon! It will be posted under “Upcoming Bookclubs” above!
Thank you
I am sorry but will most likely miss tonight’s meeting. My air conditioner went out and the repair person will be here between 4:00 and 6:00. Can’t wait to be cool again!
My brother is visiting and have taken him to the ER. Sorry I will miss tonight’s discussion. Loved the book!
I will attend