We will meet in the storytime room. \; This is the sliding door with the tree on it in the children's area. \; We will also have a session available through Zoom for those who would like to attend virtually. \; Please contact Jamie at mccref@slcolibrar y.org \;for the login information. \; Books are always available f or the month prior to the book club meeting. \; They are in the holds area under "Tuesday Evening Book Group".
\nBook summary:
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g woman and her lover are marooned on an island in this breathtaking saga\
, an epic story of love\, faith\, and defiance from the bestselling author
of Sam &ldquo\;A shocking story\, made all the more stunning by the fact
that it has its roots in true history.&rdquo\;&mdash\;Jodi Picoult\, autho
r of By Any Other Name &ldquo\;What a gift this novel is: vast\, lush\, fe
minist\, and brilliantly crafted. Allegra Goodman is one of our finest wri
ters.&rdquo\;&mdash\;Ann Napolitano\, author of Hello Beautiful Heir to a&
nbsp\;fortune\, Marguerite is destined for a life of prosperity and gentil
ity. Then she \;is orphaned\, and her guardian&mdash\;an enigmatic and
volatile man&mdash\;spends her inheritance and \;insists she accompan
y him on an expedition to New France. Isolated and afraid\, Marguerite bef
riends her guardian&rsquo\;s servant and the two develop an intense attrac
tion. But when their relationship is discovered\, they are brutally punish
ed and abandoned on a small island with no hope for rescue. Once a child o
f privilege who dressed in gowns and laced pearls in her hair\, Marguerite
finds herself at the mercy of nature. As the weather turns\, blanketing t
he island in ice\, she discovers a faith she&rsquo\;d never before needed.
Inspired by the real life of a sixteenth-century heroine\, \; Isola &
nbsp\;is \;the timeless story of a woman fighting for survival *This a
udiobook contains a PDF with a map and recommendations for further reading
from the book.