DISCUSSION GUIDES

Summary: When a sniper killed his partner, Sean McPherson was injured in the ambush. Now an ex-cop, he takes a job at a writing retreat in the Pacific Northwest. At Pines & Quill, he hopes to heal and put his life back together in the Zen-like capacity of groundskeeper and all-around handyman.

Summary: Why would the world's most famous mystery writer disappear for eleven days? What makes a woman desperate enough to destroy another woman's marriage? How deeply can a person crave revenge?

Summary: Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass―offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world.

Summary: A blazing talent debuts with the tale of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her social ambitions, absent mother, and Puerto Rican roots―all in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

Summary: The riveting new novel by the acclaimed author of Sugar Run, Perpetual West is a brilliant and evocative story of borders—between the United States and Mexico, between lovers, and between facets of the self.

Summary: Quit letting fear call the shots! You've got a message that the world needs to hear & it's only going to happen if you get it in flight.

Summary: "Funny, eerie, tender, haunting and unsettling, smokily atmospheric, and fantastically enjoyable." ―Helen MacDonald, author of Vesper Flights

Summary: An intensely moving and revelatory memoir of enduring and emerging from exceptional grief

Summary: An uplifting, behind-the-scenes look at Grammy Award–winning Destiny’s Child singer Michelle Williams’s life, her life-long struggle with anxiety and depression, and the practical wisdom she learned along the way. After decades of sweeping her mental health under the rug, Williams discovered that joy can be found when we release toxic thought patterns, forgive ourselves and others, and live authentically.

Summary: For fans of Neal Stephenson, Andy Weir, and Cixin Liu comes a novel that readers describe as “a great Black Mirror episode” with the “page-turning pacing of Michael Crichton.”