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Book Club
The Intersections Book Club focuses on casual book discussions and meeting new friends in a relaxed atmosphere with drinks and food available. Meetings held in The Forum at Pack Place.
If you love reading and want to make friends, then the Intersections Book Club is the group for you.
Date: February 26, 2013 at 6:30PM
Location: The Forum at Pack Place
Book for Discussion: The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
William Talmadge is the titular orchardist. For most of 40 years he has lived alone, tending the orchard where he grew up with his mother and sister. His mother died when he was still very young, and his sister disappeared as a young woman — a loss Talmadge has never quite recovered from. And it may be that secret pain that prompts him to take care of two pregnant teenagers who wander onto his property looking for food. They're running away from a brothel run by a brutal drug addict who traffics in young girls. Talmadge's decision to shelter the girls changes his life forever, exposing him to both the pain and quiet joy of love.
Date: April 23, 2013 at 6:30PM
Location: The Forum at Pack Place
Book for Discussion: Serena by Ron Rash
The year is 1929, and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton travel from Boston to the North Carolina mountains where they plan to create a timber empire. Although George has already lived in the camp long enough to father an illegitimate child, Serena is new to the mountains--but she soon shows herself to be the equal of any man, overseeing crews, hunting rattle-snakes, even saving her husband's life in the wilderness. Together this lord and lady of the woodlands ruthlessly kill or vanquish all who fall out of favor. Yet when Serena learns that she will never bear a child, she sets out to murder the son George fathered without her. Mother and child begin a struggle for their lives, and when Serena suspects George is protecting his illegitimate family, the Pembertons' intense, passionate marriage starts to unravel as the story moves toward its shocking reckoning.
There is no charge to participate in the book club. The only requirement is that you read the book.
Pre-registration is recommended but not required. To RSVP email rae@dwtheatre.com or calling 828-210-9837.
Check back for updates on future Intersections Book Club meeting dates and books.
