The St. Peter’s Book Group has been around at least 20 years, and is going strong. It meets the first Tuesday of each month. The group reads both fiction and nonfiction books, most of which deal with moral or social issues. The list of 2023 books is below.
“The Hiding Place” by Corrie Ten Boom, for discussion in February. Memoir of Dutch Christian woman who hid Jews during World War II and was caught and sent to concentration camps.
“Never Caught” by Erica Arnstrong Dunbar, for discussion in March. Nonfiction. About the escape from slavery of a woman from George Washington’s household.
“The Thursday Murder Club” by Richard Osman, for discussion in April. Fiction about amateur detectives in a retirement village.
“Dead Souls” by Nikolai Gogol. Satiric novel about a character trying to pass himself off as the wealthy owner of serfs by purchasing dead serfs whose names were on tax records.
“Boom Town” by Sam Anderson. Nonfiction, about founding of Oklahoma City.
“Horse” by Geraldine Brooks. Historical fiction, set in mid 1850s (goes back and forth between 1850s and 2020), about lives of a famous racehorse and his enslaved trainer.
“A Clergyman’s Daughter” by George Orwell. Novel whose main character wanders around 1930s lower class Britain (not fantasy or set in future).
“Plain Truth” by Jodie Picault. Mystery novel featuring Amish social life and the investigation into the circumstances of a dead infant discovered in a barn. Set in Lancaster County.
“Klara and the Sun” by Kazuo Ishiguro. Fiction, set in possible near future, about tech dependent teens & their Artificial Intelligence “friends.”
“On Juneteenth” by Annette Gordon Reed. Memoir and historical essays. Will probably be slated for June discussion.
“A Pilgrimage to Eternity” Timothy Egan. Memoir of retracing a medieval pilgrimage route from Canterbury to Rome.
