Women's Book Group

The Women's Book Group is the longest running of our book groups, led by Women & Children First co-founder Linda Bubon (wcflinda@gmail.com). We meet on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm.

The Vanishing Half: A Novel Cover Image

The Vanishing Half: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Brit Bennett
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525536291
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Published: Riverhead Books - June 2nd, 2020

The Vanishing Half discussion on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 7:30 pm

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The Undocumented Americans (Hardcover)

By Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
$26.00
ISBN: 9780399592683
Availability: We can order this for you!
Published: One World - March 24th, 2020

Undocumented Americans discussion on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at 7:30 pm

And please note: Our annual selection meeting will be in December!

The Resisters: A novel (Vintage Contemporaries) Cover Image

The Resisters: A novel (Vintage Contemporaries) (Paperback)

By Gish Jen
$16.95
ISBN: 9780525657224
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Published: Vintage - January 12th, 2021

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** discussion on Tuesday, September 21st, 2021

The Night Watchman: A Novel Cover Image

The Night Watchman: A Novel (Paperback)

By Louise Erdrich
$18.00
ISBN: 9780062671196
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Published: Harper Perennial - March 23rd, 2021

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** The Night Watchman August 17th, 2021

My Dark Vanessa: A Novel Cover Image

My Dark Vanessa: A Novel (Paperback)

By Kate Elizabeth Russell
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062941510
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - February 2nd, 2021

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** My Dark Vanessa Tuesday, July 20th, 2021

Golem Girl: A Memoir Cover Image

Golem Girl: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Riva Lehrer
$30.00
ISBN: 9781984820303
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Published: One World - October 6th, 2020

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** Golem Girl discussion on Tuesday, June 15th, 2021 

Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century Cover Image

Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century (Paperback)

By Jessica Bruder
$16.95
ISBN: 9780393356311
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 4th, 2018

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** Nomadland discussion on Tuesday, May 18th, 2021 

Postcolonial Love Poem: Poems Cover Image

Postcolonial Love Poem: Poems (Paperback)

By Natalie Diaz
$16.00
ISBN: 9781644450147
Availability: On our shelves recently
Published: Graywolf Press - March 3rd, 2020

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** Postcolonial Love Poem discussion on Tuesday, April 20th, 2021 

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In the Dream House: A Memoir Cover Image

In the Dream House: A Memoir (Paperback)

By Carmen Maria Machado
$16.00
ISBN: 9781644450383
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Published: Graywolf Press - December 1st, 2020

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** In the Dream House discussion on Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 

Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents Cover Image

Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)

By Isabel Wilkerson
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593230251
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Published: Random House - August 4th, 2020

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** Caste discussion on Tuesday, February 16th, 2021

Henna House: A Novel Cover Image

Henna House: A Novel (Paperback)

By Nomi Eve
$18.00
Unavailable
ISBN: 9781476740287
Published: Scribner - August 4th, 2015

***Previous Selection**** Henna House discussion on Tuesday, January 19, 2021

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Frankissstein (Paperback)

By Jeanette Winterson
$17.00
ISBN: 9780802149398
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Published: Grove Press - September 22nd, 2020

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** Frankissstein discussion on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 

 

1919 Cover Image

1919 (Paperback)

By Eve L. Ewing
$16.00
ISBN: 9781608465989
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Published: Haymarket Books - June 11th, 2019

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** 1919 discussion on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 

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Women Talking (Paperback)

By Miriam Toews
$16.00
ISBN: 9781635574340
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - March 3rd, 2020

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** Women Talking discussion on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 

The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness Cover Image

The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness (Paperback)

By Sy Montgomery
$16.99
ISBN: 9781451697728
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Published: Atria Books - April 5th, 2016

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** The Soul of an Octopus discussion on Tuesday, August 18, 2020

The Guest Book: A Novel Cover Image

The Guest Book: A Novel (Paperback)

By Sarah Blake
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250110275
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Published: Flatiron Books - May 5th, 2020

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** The Guest Book discussion on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 

Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner) Cover Image

Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner) (Paperback)

By Bernardine Evaristo
$17.00
ISBN: 9780802156983
Availability: On our shelves recently
Published: Grove Press, Black Cat - November 5th, 2019

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** Girl, Woman, Other discussion on Tuesday, June 16, 2020

All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir Cover Image

All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir (Paperback)

By Nicole Chung
$16.95
ISBN: 9781948226370
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Published: Catapult - October 15th, 2019

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** All You Can Ever Know discussion on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 

All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation Cover Image

All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation (Paperback)

By Rebecca Traister
$17.00
ISBN: 9781476716572
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Published: Simon & Schuster - October 11th, 2016

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** All the Single Ladies discussion on Tuesday, April 14, 2020 

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) Cover Image

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) (Paperback)

By N. K. Jemisin
$17.99
ISBN: 9780316229296
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Published: Orbit - August 4th, 2015

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** Tuesday, February 18, 2020 

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The Library Book (Paperback)

By Susan Orlean
$16.99
ISBN: 9781476740195
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Published: Simon & Schuster - October 1st, 2019

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** Tuesday, January 21, 2020 

Washington Black Cover Image

Washington Black (Paperback)

By Esi Edugyan
$16.95
ISBN: 9780525563242
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Published: Vintage - April 9th, 2019

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Educated: A Memoir Cover Image

Educated: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Tara Westover
$28.00
ISBN: 9780399590504
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Published: Random House - February 20th, 2018

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** Tuesday, September 17, 2019 

The Great Believers: A Novel Cover Image

The Great Believers: A Novel (Paperback)

By Rebecca Makkai
$17.00
ISBN: 9780735223530
Availability: On our shelves recently
Published: Penguin Books - June 4th, 2019

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** Tuesday, October 15, 2019 

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower Cover Image

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower (Paperback)

By Brittney Cooper
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250112880
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Published: Picador - March 5th, 2019

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** Tuesday, August 20, 2019 

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The Lake on Fire (Paperback)

By Rosellen Brown
$17.95
ISBN: 9781946448231
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Published: Sarabande Books - October 16th, 2018

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** Tuesday, July 16, 2019 

The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class Cover Image

The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class (Paperback)

By Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
$17.95
ISBN: 9780691183176
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Published: Princeton University Press - October 23rd, 2018

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** Tuesday, June 18, 2019

The Friend: A Novel Cover Image

The Friend: A Novel (Paperback)

By Sigrid Nunez
$16.00
ISBN: 9780735219458
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Published: Riverhead Books - February 5th, 2019

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: The War Years and After, 1939-1962 Cover Image

Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: The War Years and After, 1939-1962 (Paperback)

By Blanche Wiesen Cook
$20.00
ISBN: 9780143109624
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Published: Penguin Books - November 7th, 2017

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side Cover Image

Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side (Hardcover)

By Eve L. Ewing
$22.50
ISBN: 9780226526027
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Published: University of Chicago Press - October 5th, 2018

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** Tuesday, February 19, 2019

The Song of Achilles: A Novel Cover Image

The Song of Achilles: A Novel (Paperback)

By Madeline Miller
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062060624
Availability: On our shelves recently
Published: Ecco - August 28th, 2012

***PREVIOUS SELECTION*** Tuesday, January 15, 2019