The Address by Fiona Davis

Please join us in reading The Address by Fiona Davis for our monthly suggested book club reading.

We will be reviewing the book along with our book club discussion questions for December 31st, 2018.

Summary of The Address

When a chance encounter with Theodore Camden, one of the architects of the grand New York apartment house the Dakota, leads to a job offer for Sara Smythe, her world is suddenly awash in possibility- no mean feat for a servant in 1884. The opportunity to move to America. The opportunity to be the female manager of the Dakota. And the opportunity to see more of Theo, who understands Sara like no one else… and is living in the Dakota with his wife and three young children. Continue reading “The Address by Fiona Davis” →

The Secrets Between Us By Thrity Umrigar

Please join us in reading The Secrets Between Us by Thrity Umrigar for our book club monthly read!

We will be reviewing the book, along with our book club discussion questions for November 30, 2018.

Summary

Poor and illiterate, Bhima had faithfully worked for the Dubash family, an upper-middle-class Parsi household, for more than twenty years. Yet after courageously speaking the truth about a heinous crime perpetrated against her own family, the devoted servant was cruelly fired. The sting of that dismissal was made more painful coming from Sera Dubash, the temperamental employer who had long been Bhima’s only confidante. A woman who has endured despair and loss with stoicism, Bhima must now find some other way to support herself and her granddaughter, Maya. Continue reading “The Secrets Between Us By Thrity Umrigar” →