A book club for Immanuel people and neighbors from the area and beyond in order to share thoughts and ideas about books we've read. We often focus on memoir as a genre, reading and discussing real-life stories of people in various life situations and grappling with challenges. 

Our book for January: Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)

Meeting monthly on the 4th Monday of the month either in person or by Zoom.  (No December meeting)

Contact Melissa Fischer (locustfarm@gmail.com) if interested in joining us.

Books we have read:

Lessons in Chemistry (Bonnie Garmus)

The Book Woman's Daughter  (Kim Michele Richardson)

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (Kim Michele Richardson)

The Surgeon’s Daughter (Audrey Blake)

The Girl in His Shadow (Audrey Blake)

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating (Elisabeth Tova Bailey)

On the Edge of Nowhere (James Huntington)

Winterdance by Gary Paulsen

Joan of Arc (Mark Twain)

A Three Dog Life (Abigail Thomas)

Defying Jihad (Esther Ahmad)

Once Upon a Wardrobe (Patti Callahan)

A Piece of the World (Christina Baker Kline)

Shadow of the Workhouse (Jennifer Worth)

Call the Midwife (Jennifer Worth)

Yes Sister, No Sister (Jennifer Craig)

Thunder Dog (Michael Hingson)

An Irish Country Doctor (Patrick Taylor)

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years (Donald Miller)

Dog Flowers (Danielle Geller)

Bear in the Backseat (Carolyn Jourdan & Kim DeLozier)

London’s Number One Dog-Walking Agency: A Memoir (Kate MacDougall)

Memories Before and After the Sound of Music : An Autobiography(Agathe Von Trapp)

The Leap of the Deer (Herbert O’Driscoll)

Can't Nothing Bring Me Down (Ida Keeling)