Book Club
WPL Book Club
A book discussion group for adults sponsored by The Woodward Public Library
The book club meets the second Wednesday of every month at 10:00 AM, except in December.
Books are provided to the first 10 registered participants.
An eBook or eAudiobook version may be available on the OK Virtual Digital Library, on the Libby app, or through Hoopla.
A Quick Look at Our Previous Books!
See the full list of our previous book club books
The Physicists' Daughter by Mary Anna Evans
Still Life by Louise Penny
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
Black Cake by Charmain Wilkerson
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
The Art of Crash Landing by Melissa DeCarlo.
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
Current Book Club Read
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 10:00 AM
We will be reading The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith
Fiction- 320 pages - 2022
An indie musician reeling from tragedy reconnects with her estranged father on a week-long cruise in this tale of grief, fame, and love from bestselling author Jennifer E. Smith.
Greta James's meteoric rise to indie stardom was hard-won. Before she graced magazine covers and sold out venues, she spent her girlhood strumming her guitar in the family garage. Her first fan was her mother, Helen, whose face shone bright in the dusty downtown bars where she got her start—but
not everyone encouraged Greta to follow her dreams. While many daydream about a crowd chanting their name, her father, Conrad, saw only a precarious life ahead for his daughter.
Greta has spent her life trying to prove him wrong, but three months after Helen's sudden death, and weeks before the launch of her high-stakes sophomore album, Greta has an onstage meltdown that goes viral. Attempting to outrun the humiliation and heartbreak, she reluctantly agrees to accompany her father on a week-long Alaskan cruise, the very one that her parents had booked to celebrate their fortieth anniversary.
This could be the James family's last chance to heal old wounds and will prove to be a voyage of discovery for them, as well as for Ben Wilder, a historian also struggling with a major upheaval in his life. Ben is on board to lecture about Jack London's The Call of the Wild, the adventure story Greta's mother adored, and he captures Greta's attention after her streak of dating hangers-on. As Greta works to build up her confidence and heal, and Ben confronts his uncertain future, they must rely on one another to make sense of life’s difficult choices. In the end, Greta must make the most challenging decision of all: to listen to the song within her or make peace with those who love her.
From the Publisher.