Brown Bag and book Club

Brown Bag Book Club

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

Brown Bag Book Club is enjoying a fabulous fall season of reading!

      

 

 

                 

 

 

October:  Discussing  -  Honolulu by Allan Brennert

Brennert's mostly successful follow-up to his book club phenomenon, Moloka'i, chronicles the lives of Asian immigrants in and around Hawaii's early 20th-century glamour days. As the tale begins, readers meet young Regret, whose name speaks volumes of her value in turn-of-the-20th-century Korea. Emboldened by her desire to be educated, Regret commits herself as a mail-order bride to a prosperous man in Hawaii, where girls are allowed to attend school. But when she arrives, she finds her new husband is a callous plantation worker with drinking and gambling problems. Soon, Regret (now known as Jin) and her fellow picture brides must discover their own ways to prosper in America and find that camaraderie and faith in themselves goes a long way.

 

Reading in November: The Women by T.C. Boyle

Reading in December: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls