The book of the month was: Who Am I If You're Not You? By Lynn Thorne
Real-life couple Marika and Jennifer were two soul mates facing a seemingly blissful future together until Marika revealed her authentic self: she was meant to be a man. Told from Jennifer's perspective, Who Am I If You're Not You? demonstrates the human capacity to love. How much pain can one woman stand? How much conflict can one couple overcome and stay committed to their marriage?
As her wife transitions, Jennifer goes through her own personal hell to find herself. Anorexia. Cutting. Crippling depression. But what she discovers in her quest to save herself will define her life, her love, and her marriage.
The author of this book, Lynn Thorne, is a local author who happened to be at our town's Pride event selling her book. Rachel asked her if she would like to come to book club and she said yes! This was a first for us. Generally, our book club meetings are 10%-25% book talk and the rest is us catching up on the chaos of life. However, this time we mostly stayed on topic. We talked about how Lynn decided to write this story and how she went about interviewing the family in the book. There was talk about how authentic the depression and eating disorder discussion in the book was. Although it was intimidating to have an author present at our meeting, she was very down to earth. She loved the questions and the feed back. All things considered I think it went over very well!
Also if you are interested in seeing the short video about this couple check it out here: Heart Threads: Marc & Jennifer
October's book of the month is: Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
Sweetness can be deceptive.
Meet Hanna.
She’s the sweet-but-silent angel in the adoring eyes of her Daddy. He’s the only person who understands her, and all Hanna wants is to live happily ever after with him. But Mommy stands in her way, and she’ll try any trick she can think of to get rid of her. Ideally for good.
Meet Suzette.
She loves her daughter, really, but after years of expulsions and strained home schooling, her precarious health and sanity are weakening day by day. As Hanna’s tricks become increasingly sophisticated, and Suzette's husband remains blind to the failing family dynamics, Suzette starts to fear that there’s something seriously wrong, and that maybe home isn’t the best place for their baby girl after all.
Real-life couple Marika and Jennifer were two soul mates facing a seemingly blissful future together until Marika revealed her authentic self: she was meant to be a man. Told from Jennifer's perspective, Who Am I If You're Not You? demonstrates the human capacity to love. How much pain can one woman stand? How much conflict can one couple overcome and stay committed to their marriage?
As her wife transitions, Jennifer goes through her own personal hell to find herself. Anorexia. Cutting. Crippling depression. But what she discovers in her quest to save herself will define her life, her love, and her marriage.
3/11 members read and finished this book for the meeting
3/11 members are part way through this book
The author of this book, Lynn Thorne, is a local author who happened to be at our town's Pride event selling her book. Rachel asked her if she would like to come to book club and she said yes! This was a first for us. Generally, our book club meetings are 10%-25% book talk and the rest is us catching up on the chaos of life. However, this time we mostly stayed on topic. We talked about how Lynn decided to write this story and how she went about interviewing the family in the book. There was talk about how authentic the depression and eating disorder discussion in the book was. Although it was intimidating to have an author present at our meeting, she was very down to earth. She loved the questions and the feed back. All things considered I think it went over very well!
Also if you are interested in seeing the short video about this couple check it out here: Heart Threads: Marc & Jennifer
October's book of the month is: Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
Meet Hanna.
She’s the sweet-but-silent angel in the adoring eyes of her Daddy. He’s the only person who understands her, and all Hanna wants is to live happily ever after with him. But Mommy stands in her way, and she’ll try any trick she can think of to get rid of her. Ideally for good.
Meet Suzette.
She loves her daughter, really, but after years of expulsions and strained home schooling, her precarious health and sanity are weakening day by day. As Hanna’s tricks become increasingly sophisticated, and Suzette's husband remains blind to the failing family dynamics, Suzette starts to fear that there’s something seriously wrong, and that maybe home isn’t the best place for their baby girl after all.
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