On Friday, May 6, 2022, the Fiction Old and New Book group is privileged to welcome guest host DeAnna Noriega who will be discussing the novel, Firekeeper’s Daughter, by Angeline Boulley DB 102762. This exceptional audio book has been optioned by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground, for a forthcoming Netflix series. Please join DeAnna for a delightful discussion about this interesting book.
In addition, I have included the annotation for our Friday June 3, 2022 book discussion. On that date, we will be discussing the
historical novel, The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner, DB 102273. I will send out a second newswire after our May discussion.
Here is the May book NLS annotation:
Firekeeper’s daughter DB 102762
Boulley, Angeline. Reading time 14 hours, 16 minutes.
Read by Isabella Star LaBlanc. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress.
Subjects: Suspense Fiction; Young Adult
Description: Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother. When Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, she reluctantly agrees to go undercover, drawing on her knowledge of chemistry and Ojibwe traditional medicine to track down the source of a new drug. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. For senior high and older readers. 2021.
Here is the June book NLS annotation:
The nature of fragile things DB 102273
Meissner, Susan. Reading time 10 hours, 41 minutes.
Read by Jason Culp. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress.
Subjects: Friendship Fiction; Historical Fiction; Human Relations
Description: In 1905, a year before the earthquake that would devastate San Francisco, Irish immigrant Sophie Whalen is so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.
our facilitator for this group is Michelle Bernstein
(hamletsweetlady@gmail.com).
