Our next meeting will be on Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 10 am at the home of Arlean Fermanis. We will be reading The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick. Both are available at Amazon and and other online book sellers as well as at Orleans and Jefferson Parish libraries. We will also continue our discussion of Covenant of Water. If you would like to join the meeting, please send an email to Arlean at  afermanis@sprynet.com  to let her know. We are asking that attendees be vaccinated for COVID 19.

All are welcome!

From the Amazon website:

Perfect for fans of A Man Called Ove, this curiously charming debut follows a lovable widower and his life-changing adventure of love and self-discovery.

Sixty-nine-year-old Arthur Pepper lives a simple life. He gets out of bed at precisely 7:30 a.m., just as he did when his wife, Miriam, was alive. He dresses in the same gray slacks and mustard sweater vest, waters his fern, Frederica, and heads out to his garden.

But on the one-year anniversary of Miriam’s death, something changes. Sorting through Miriam’s possessions, Arthur finds an exquisite gold charm bracelet he’s never seen before. What follows is a surprising and unforgettable odyssey that takes Arthur from London to Paris and as far as India in an epic quest to find out the truth about his wife’s secret life before they met—a journey that leads him to find hope and healing in the most unexpected places.

Featuring an unforgettable cast of characters with big hearts and irresistible flaws, The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper is a joyous reminder of life’s infinite possibilities.