HE-MAN BOOK LOVER'S CLUB

Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams "In the autumn of 1948, Iris Digby vanishes from her London home with her American diplomat husband and their two children. The world is shocked by the family’s sensational disappearance. Were they eliminated by the Soviet intelligence service? Or have the Digbys defected to Moscow with a trove of the West’s most vital secrets? Four years later, Ruth Macallister receives a postcard from the twin sister she hasn’t seen since their catastrophic...

Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer Jon Krakauer's literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. In UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN, he shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders. At the core of his book is an appalling double murder committed by two Mormon Fundamentalist brothers, Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a revelation from God commanding them to kill their blam

It's time for a December book talk. Let's discuss what you have been reading other than the monthly Club selections.

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance Shares the story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle class life and the collective demons of the past.

The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel

Our First Civl War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution by H.W. Brands "New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands offers a fresh and riveting narrative of the American Revolution that shows it to be more than a fight against the British, but also a violent battle among neighbors forced to choose sides, Loyalist and Patriot."

The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert