Bay Books Book Club Corner What books people are reading… The Noel Letters
The Evening and the Morning
By Richard Paul Evans
By Ken Follett
Noel returns to her hometown to see her dying father and
A prequel to “The Pillars of the Earth,” this takes place
ends up staying, inheriting his book store. She begins to
during the Dark Ages when England is being attacked by
receive anonymous letters about the lessons of life, with
the Welsh and the Vikings. Three people, a boatbuilder
thoughts of her painful childhood that lead to a Christmas
whose home is raided by the Vikings, a Norman
revelation. A story of hope and forgiveness, love and
noblewoman, and a monk with dreams of creating a center
belonging.
of learning are at the epicenter of this chaotic setting.
Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise
The Best Presidential Writing
By Scott Eyman
By Craig Fehrman
Eyman creates a captivating biography of the man who
A comprehensive book with the most essential
became Cary Grant. Using Grant’s own papers, extensive
presidential writings, the reader will get a better insight
research and interviews with family and friends, Eyman
to how the presidents saw the direction of the nation at
writes of Grant’s deeply conflicted childhood and his rise
the time of their tenure. Many writings and speeches are
to stardom. One of the most loved Hollywood actors of
still viable today, as our presidents’ outlooks transform as
his time, he is still popular today.
our nation grows and changes.
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