OCTOBER: IN-PERSON & ONLINE Book Club Event
The Downstairs Girl
 
 
 
 
 
            
Hello fellow bookworms,
  
We hope this newsletter finds you well and filled with anticipation for our upcoming book club meeting. We're thrilled to announce our next pick, "The Downstairs Girl" by Stacey Lee, a remarkable novel that promises to inspire and captivate us all. Whether you're a longtime member or a newcomer, this is a story you won't want to miss.
 
The book is now available in several places, you can choose between:
  • Pick up a book club copy at the Library 
  • Reserve a copy on our catalog: click here 
  • Read it on Cloud Library: click here
  • Listen to it on Cloud Library: click here
 
 
📅 Meeting Date: We'll be gathering to discuss "The Downstairs Girl" on Tuesday, Octoober 17, at 5pm. Please mark your calendars and come prepared to share your thoughts, questions, and insights.
 
 
🧐 Discussion Topics: Here are some thought-provoking questions to keep in mind as you read:
  • How does Jo Kuan's character evolve throughout the story?
  • What are the parallels between the historical issues raised in the book and contemporary challenges?
  • How does the author's writing style contribute to the overall experience of the novel?
  • What themes in the book resonated with you personally?
 
 
  If you cannot make it to the library please join us on  Zoom. 
 
The meeting link and password are provided below:
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android:
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/92703658806?pwd=cHdRejBTMjJXMXRvQTZhOFh5Szd2dz09
    Password: LGLbc
Or Telephone:
    Dial:
    USA 215 861 0674
    USA 8883982342 (US Toll Free)
    Conference code: 589749

 
Happy reading!!
📢 Spread the Word: We invite you to share this exciting announcement with friends, family, and fellow readers who might be interested in joining our book club. The more perspectives we have, the richer our discussions become.
 
 
 
 I would love to hear any suggestions for books to read or you would like to drop me a note about how you felt about the book. Please reach out to me via e-mail at : Rachael Johnson - Rjohnson@losgatosca.gov
 
 
 
 

October
The downstairs girl
by Stacey Lee

"1890, Atlanta. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel Caroline Payne, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for 'the genteel Southern lady'"
November
Pineapple Street : a novel
by Jenny Jackson

"A deliciously funny, sharply observed novel of family, wealth, love and tennis, this zeitgeisty debut follows three women in an old Brooklyn Heights clan: one who was born with money, one who married into it, and one, the millennial conscience of the family, who wants to give it all away. Darley, the eldest daughter in the Stockton family, has never worried about money. The product of generational wealth and capitalist success, Darley renounced her inheritance when she married Malcolm, a first generation Korean American with a lucrative job in banking. Sasha, Darley's new sister-in-law, has come from more humble origins, and her hesitancy about signing a pre-nup has everyone worried about her intentions. Georgiana, newly graduated from Brown and proud to think of herself as a "do-gooder," has enough money from her trust that she's able to work for a pittance at a not-for-profit, where she has started a secret love affair with a senior colleague. But when a scandal derails Malcolm's career, leaving Darley financially in the lurch, when Sasha glimpses the less-than-attractive attributes beneath the Stockton brood's carefully-guarded faðcade, and when Georgiana discovers her boyfriend is married and still in love with his wife, they must all come to terms with what money can't buy-the bonds of love that can make and unmake a family. Rife with the indulgent pleasures of affluent WASPS in New York and full of recognizable if fallible characters (and a couple of appalling ones!), it's about the peculiar unknowability of someone else's family, about the haves and have-nots and the nuances in between, and the insanity of first love-Pineapple Street is a scintillating, wryly comic novel of race, class, wealth and privilege in an age that disdains all of it"
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