Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls(Arizona's Family)
Kick off a summer of reading with the next Olivia’s Book Club discussion, meeting with your fellow readers IN PERSON at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library at 3839 N. Drinkwater on Tuesday, June 20, from 5 pm - 6 pm.
We’ll be discussing Jeannette Walls’ instant New York Times bestseller, HANG THE MOON. Set in Virginia during Prohibition, HANG THE MOON tells the story of Sallie Kincaid, a feisty young woman who refuses to be anyone but herself.
From the author of the heartbreaking and beautiful memoir THE GLASS CASTLE, Wall’s novel made numerous Most Anticipated Lists for 2023, including Oprah Daily, Elle, and LitHub.
The library has numerous copies of HANG THE MOON for members to borrow, or you can purchase from Changing Hands Bookstore (in person or online) using the code Olivia20 for a 20% discount.
If you haven’t already, join the bookworm buzz in the Facebook Group: Olivia’s Book Club, and see you June 20!
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Olivia's Book Club is currently reading Nicholas Sparks' THE WISH. The author has sold more than 150 million books worldwide, and calls THE WISH a "novel that was more than twenty years in the making."(azfamily)
The author has sold more than 150 million books worldwide, and calls THE WISH a “novel that was more than twenty years in the making.” The story revolves around Maggie Dawes as a teen facing a crisis in 1996, and later as an accomplished woman in 2019. THE WISH was published in 2019 and is now available in paperback.
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