Chatsworth Book Club Has a Varied Reading List

The Chatsworth Library Book Club meets the first Wednesday of every month (except January) from 1-2:30 p.m. in the Library Meeting Room.  Members choose the books that they want to read, so the club covers a large variety of subjects. The books can be ordered from the Library.  The next books will be:

Nov. 2:  Einstein – His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson - Nonfiction – 2007 Call # 530.11092 – 551 pages.  
A comprehensive look at Einstein’s life, including family and friends, as well as his theories.  The book is intended for a general audience.

Dec. 7:  The Head Hunter’s Daughter by Tamar Myers – Fiction – Mystery - 2011 – 256 pages.
In 1945 an infant white girl is left to die in the Belgian Congo, but is found by a Bashilele tribesman.  The girl is brought into the tribe.  Later a missionary and a policeman hear of the girl and set off to bring her back to “civilization.” However, the girl no longer belongs to their world – and the secrets of her birth and her disappearance place everyone in peril.

Feb. 1:  Honolulu by Alan Brennert – Fiction – 2009 –360 pages.  
The story of Jin, a Korean picture bride, who comes to Hawaii in 1914.  Instead of the wealthy husband Jin was promised, she finds herself married to a poor and abusive plantation worker.  The novel spans four decades.

March 7:  The Road by Cormac McCarthy – Fiction – 2008 – 241 pages.
The novel set in an indefinite, futuristic, post-apocalyptic world, in which a father and his young son make their way through the ruins of a devastated American landscape.  They struggle to survive and preserve the last remnants of their humanity.

April 4:  Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson – Fiction – 2010 – 358 pages.
Sixty-eight-year-old retired Major Pettigrew lives in the small English village of Edgecombe St. Mary.  He develops a bond with Mrs. Ali, the Pakistani owner of a local shop.  They are both widowed and their relationship is based on a shared love of literature.  This late-life romance is constantly nudged off course by the Major’s adult son and a group of socialite ladies.

May 2:  Chocolate Wars by Deborah Cadbury – Nonfiction – 2010 – Call # 338.41664153 C 121 – 348 pages.
The book tells the history of chocolate and of the 150-year rivalry between the world’s greatest chocolate makers.  It also explores the Quaker business tradition.  The story ends with Cadbury being acquired by Kraft in 2009.

-- Clara Woll