Hoover Public Library Fiction Book Groups: April 2022

From: Hoover Public Library
April 5, 2022

APRIL BOOK CLUB NEWS

Don't forget, both book clubs will be in-person AND virtual.  Zoom information will be given here and in reminder emails.  

As we emerge from the pandemic, the following changes will be made to the Fiction Addiction and Beyond Words book groups. Beginning Thursday, August 4th, the Fiction Addiction and Beyond Words book group will join together as The Beyond Words Book Group and meet at 10 am by reading Chris Bohjalian's The Hour of the Witch.  Henceforth, both Fiction Addiction and Beyond Words will meet as one group on the first Thursday of each month.  We will continue to evaluate the size of the group and make adjustments as needed if the group becomes too large to facilitate a discussion.

April 7, Fiction Addiction Book Club

Surviving Savannah
by Patti Callahan Henry

It was called "The Titanic of the South." The luxury steamship sank in 1838 with Savannah's elite on board; through time, their fates were forgotten--until the wreck was found, and now their story is finally being told in this breathtaking novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis.

When Savannah history professor Everly Winthrop is asked to guest-curate a new museum collection focusing on artifacts recovered from the steamship Pulaski, she's shocked. The ship sank after a boiler explosion in 1838, and the wreckage was just discovered, 180 years later. Everly can't resist the opportunity to try to solve some of the mysteries and myths surrounding the devastating night of its sinking.

Everly's research leads her to the astounding history of a family of eleven who boarded the Pulaski together, and the extraordinary stories of two women from this family: a known survivor, Augusta Longstreet, and her niece, Lilly Forsyth, who was never found, along with her child. These aristocratic women were part of Savannah's society, but when the ship exploded, each was faced with difficult and heartbreaking decisions. This is a moving and powerful exploration of what women will do to endure in the face of tragedy, the role fate plays, and the myriad ways we survive the surviving.A tale based on the Pulaski disaster of 1838 follows the efforts of a Savannah history professor to guest-curate a museum collection of wreck artifacts while researching the stories of 11 family members who were aboard the doomed steamship.

Zoom Information:

Topic: Fiction Addiction Book Discussion Group
Time: Apr 7, 2022 10:00 AM Central Time

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