Fiction Old and New

The book is based on the real life Mary Bowser who was born a slave, went to Philadelphia to be educated after she and her mother were freed, and then served as a spy in the Confederate White House during the Civil War.

“The Children Act” tells the story of a London judge who must determine
whether a hospital can compel a minor to continue medical treatment
despite his family’s religious objections. This is an intelligently

Fiction, Old and New will be discussing Random Winds by Belva Plain.
This book is a family story dealing with random events as well as decisions made, good & bad, and the impact they have on oneself as well as ones family.

Helen Simonson’s warm and humorous family story (with a lovely romance)
“Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand”
Major Pettigrew’s last stand: a novel DB 70760
Simonson, Helen

This wonderfully written historical fiction novel tells the alternating stories
of Marie-Laure, a young blind girl who comes to live with her reclusive great-uncle in

We will be discussing two of Alyson
Richman’s titles: her most recent novel, “The Garden of Letters”
(available on Bookshare and Audible) as well as her debut novel, “The

Please note that this book has a DBC number instead of a DB number, but it
is available on BARD. The Fiction Old and New book group will be meeting

“The Paris Architect” tells the story of Lucien Bernard, a Parisian architect who agrees to design an impenetrable hiding place to hid Jewish people for a wealthy Christian client in Paris during the German occupation of France in 1942.

Our next book deals with complex family relationships. Rose rebels against her strict religious upbringing and becomes a successful photographer. She is not sure what to do though when her niece, Rivka, appears to be following in her footsteps.

A pharmacologist is sent to the Amazon to investigate the death of a colleague and the status of work on a new wonder drug. There’s adventure in this book as well as interesting detail about living & doing research in the Amazon.

For the month of July only, we are meeting on the third Tuesday of the month instead of the usual meeting time of the second Tuesday evening of the month.