The original members of the intergenerational book club – Donna, me, Pat, Jess, Elizabeth, and Rebecca (the medical student, Marlena, was probably on call at the hospital). Since 1995, the group has read the following books:

THE STONE DIARIES by Carol Shields
TIME AND AGAIN by Jack Finney
NOBODY NOWHERE by Donna Williams
DOLORES CLAIBORNE by Stephen King
PIGS IN HEAVEN by Barbara Kingsolver
DUNE by Frank Herbert
THE BONE PEOPLE by Keri Hulme
WRITTEN ON THE BODY by Jeannette Winterson
TONY AND SUSAN by Austin Wright
ANGLE OF REPOSE by Wallace Stegner
THE BOOK OF RUTH by Jane Hamilton
SHE'S COME UNDONE by Wally Lamb
THE BROTHERS K by David James Duncan
THE DISTINGUISHED GUEST by Sue Miller
A GIFT FROM THE SEA by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
ALL PASSION SPENT by Vita Sackville-West
THE SWEET HEREAFTER by Russell Banks
THE BEET QUEEN by Louise Erdrich
LOLITA by Vladimir Nabakov
DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD by Rebecca Wells
KATE VAIDEN by Reynolds Price
THE READER by Bernhard Schlink
MIDWIVES by Chris Bohjalian
FELICIA’S JOURNEY by William Trevor
REMAINS OF THE DAY by Kazuo Ishiguro
MY YEAR OF MEATS by Ruth L. Ozeki
THE HOURS by Michael Cunningham
LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner
THE POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver
RIVER, CROSS MY HEART by Breena Clarke
FASTING, FEASTING by Anita Desai
MUSIC FOR TORCHING by A. M. Homes
LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE by Laura Esquivel
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG by Andre Dubus III