Category Archives: What We’re Reading

Real Americans, by Rachel Khong The story begins on the precipice of Y2K in New York City, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen, an unpaid intern at a slick media company, meets Matthew. Matthew is everything Lily is not: easygoing and effortlessly attractive, a native East Coaster and, most notably, heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire. LilyContinue reading “AUGUST 2026 BOOK DISCUSSION”

The Mitford Affair, by Marie Benedict Between the World Wars, the six Mitford sisters dominate the English political, literary, and social scenes. Though they’ve weathered scandals before, the family falls into disarray when Diana divorces her husband to marry a fascist leader and Unity follows her sister’s lead, inciting rumors that she’s become Hitler’s ownContinue reading “SEPTEMBER 2026 BOOK DISCUSSION”

Defending Jacob, by William Landay Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. He is respected in his community, tenacious in the courtroom, and happy at home with his wife, Laurie, and son, Jacob. But when a shocking crime shatters their New England town, AndyContinue reading “OCTOBER 2026 BOOK DISCUSSION”

The Two-Family House, by Lynda Cohen Loigman Brooklyn, 1947: in the midst of a blizzard, in a two-family brownstone, two babies are born minutes apart to two women. They are sisters by marriage with an impenetrable bond forged before and during that dramatic night; but as the years progress, small cracks start to appear andContinue reading “NOVEMBER 2026 BOOK DISCUSSION”