Staff Book Review with Liz

What would your last meal on this earth be?

Set in 1950’s Louisiana, this story follows Ginny Polk, daughter of a murdered prison warden, who grows up to become the penitentiary’s cook. Her specialty, providing last meals to death row inmates. This story is as timely as ever, uncovering universal truths, not only of the incessant racial bias in our prison system, but of the personal prisons we build for ourselves. Grappling with the age old adage, “The Truth Shall Set You Free”, Ginny Polk’s personal journey to freedom is both inspirational and thought provoking.

Join us, Nine Perfect Strangers Book Club on Tuesday, September 22 at 10 am if you’d like to discuss
The Last Suppers even further!

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Staff Book Review by Liz

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman "The moment hung in time like a drop of honey from a spoon, heavy, golden. Despite covering some very complex themes, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is actually an uplifting story about one women's journey back into the world of love and self-acceptance. A social misfit with a traumatic past, the novel follows the interior workings of Eleanor's mind as she is determined to find her way out of isolation and into the world we call "mainstream". Quirkiness and deadpan humor abound as the novel begs the question what it really means to be human. A light read, that touches upon universal truths everyone can relate to, I highly recommend this book for it's portrayal of what it means to persevere!

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The Marvelous Mrs. McHugh

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