Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
 by Jamie Ford

Book Group discussion
March 12, 2014
6pm

Seattle 1986. As Henry Lee has recently lost his wife to cancer he reminisces about Keiko, a Japanese-American girl, whom he befriended and later became his first love just as everyone of Japanese descent is sent away to internment camps in WWII. A simple and touching story of young love and the bitter realities of war and race.

Unbroken

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
 by Laura Hillenbrand

Book group will meet February 12, 2014at 6pm

This is the biography of Olympic runner Louis Zamperini, which focuses on his life in a Japanese POW camp.

The Alchemist

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Book Group will meet Wednesday, January 8, 2014 @ 6pm
We will be discussing
#1. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
                      AND
#2. A book that has been on your "to read" list for a while
or a book you received as a gift.

                                   ****Update****
                                 Books chosen for  #2

• Daisy Dalrymple books by Carola Dunn
• Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
• Home for Christmas by Debbie Macomber
• Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
• Miracles from the Vault: Anthology of Underground Cures by Jenny Thompson
• Poison by Bridget Zinn
• Poison Study series by Maria V. Snyder
• World's Strongest Librarian: A memoir of Tourette's, faith, strength, and the power of family by Joshua Hanagarne