Joppa branch holds a "fantastic" book discussion, says moderator

Joppa had a fantastic book discussion on Thursday, August 28 about Kim Edward's book The Memory Keeper's Daughter. Find this book in our catalog

According to the summary in our catalog, "This riveting family drama ...explores every mother's silent fears--losing a child and that the child grows up without her."

There were a total of nine attending the Joppa discussion. We discussed questions such as:
1.Who is "the memory keeper?" How do memories move the story along? What are the different ways characters deal with remembrance and memory?
2. What was your initial reaction when David gave Phoebe away? Could you sympathize with his decision? What caused him to give her up?
3.The more time passed, the harder it became for David to tell Norah the truth about Phoebe. Did her reasons for not telling her change over time? Why don't you think he ever came clean? Did you want him to tell her? Would it have saved his marriage or destroyed it? How might it have affected Phoebe, Caroline and Al?

At the meeting, attendees were pleased to have the choice of voting on a list of proposed future selections. Future books will include (details TBA):
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Sea by John Banville
Innocent Man by John Grisham
Good Earth by Pearl Buck
Glass Castle by Jeannette Wall
Triangle by Katharine Weber
Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen
Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen
When Madeline Was Young by Jane Hamilton
Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
Women Who Raised Me by Victoria Rowell