Kramers Book Club Picks - April
“I think of Journey, and how Journey once told me that the hazmats sent us to Mars because we're rational, unlike them. Because we do not have attachments, unlike them. But I have attachments. I am attached to Rania. I am attached to Xander. I am even attached to Journey. And that is why I am pushing forward.” —Jasmine Warga, A Rover's Story
Fiction Choice:
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason: There's something wrong with Martha. Ever since she was seventeen she has been often sad, cruel to her loved ones, and finds it hard to be alive. Freshly forty, she is now picking up the ruins of her adult life after her husband leaves her and kicks her out of her Oxford home. Back in her childhood home, will Martha be able to find a way to change, a way to start again by going back?
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Nonfiction Choice:
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel: In this award-winning graphic memoir, author Alison Bechdel tells the story of her childhood with her father who ran the town funeral home (dubbed "Fun Home" by her family), and who died only weeks after discovering he was gay. Left in mystery in the aftermath of her own coming out and the passing of her father, this incredible personal history is full of self-discovery, humor, and rich literary allusion.
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And we're starting a Children's/YA book club as well!
Children's/YA Choice:
A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga: Resilience is a one-of-a-kind robot: a rover built to explore Mars! He was not built to have human emotions, however. With his flying drone companion, Fly, Res is sent to Mars to explore--but exploration so far from home is difficult. Does Res have the resilience to succeed?