Cliffhangers Mystery Book Club

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Salem-South Lyon District Library
Meeting Room

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This group is for people who love mysteries and would enjoy meeting once a month at the library to discuss the mystery of the month. All refreshments, except alcohol, are allowed in the meeting room. Enjoy the simple pleasure of reading a mystery book and make new friends sharing the experience.
November's Book Club Selection is "The Life We Bury" by Allen Eskins. Please contact the library for a copy.

The Life We Bury The Life We Bury tells the story of Joe Talbert, a junior at the University of Minnesota, who receives a class assignment to write a biography of someone who has lived an interesting life. At a nursing home he meets Carl Iverson, a man dying of cancer who has been medically paroled after spending thirty years in prison for the murder of a fourteen-year-old girl. Carl agrees to tell Joe his story, and Joe sets out to unravel the tapestry of the thirty-year-old murder. To complicate things, Joe's bi-polar, alcoholic mother has taken up with a low-life who hits Joe's eighteen-year-old autistic brother. Joe is torn by the guilt of going to college and abandoning his brother. Throughout the novel, Joe has to intercede to protect his brother and is conflicted every time he has to once again leave his brother behind. The power of that guilt weighs heavily upon Joe and will demand a resolution of its own. The Life We Bury is full of tension, twists and turns, and has a powerful, climactic ending sure to gratify. But in the end, it is the bond between Joe and his brother Jeremy that gives this novel its big (albeit tormented) heart.

AWARDS for The Life We Bury Winner—Rosebud Award, Best First Mystery Novel Finalist—Edgar® Award, Best First Novel Finalist—Anthony Award, Best First Novel Finalist—Minnesota Book Award, Best Genre Fiction Finalist—Barry Award, Best Paperback Original Novel Finalist—Thriller Award, Best First Novel Best Books of 2014 (debut), Suspense Magazine Best Debut Novel of 2014, MysteryPeople A LibraryReads pick, October 2014 Library Journal Editor's Pick, fall 2014 Amazon Editor's Pick, "Books We Loved" 2014

Event Type(s): Book Discussion
Age Group(s): Adults
Presenter: Karin Caporale
Karin Caporale
(248) 437-6431 ext. 201

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