Online book club
"Books may well be the only true magic."
― Alice Hoffman
Join the conversation, expand your bookshelf, and explore topics related to personal growth, lifelong learning, and professional development in a private online forum.
Participation in the alumni book club is free. Simply pick up a copy of the current book at your library, local bookstore, or online. The group will read a book every two months - choose one or all, whatever works for your schedule.
More information and how to join can be found here.
Currently reading
Demon Copperhead
By Barbara Kingsolver
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this novel follows a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, armed only with his dead father's good looks, copper-colored hair, caustic wit, and fierce survival skills. Narrated in his unsparing voice, the story navigates the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Reflecting Charles Dickens' inspiration, Barbara Kingsolver transposes the Victorian epic to the contemporary American South, embodying Dickens' anger, compassion, and faith in storytelling. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind.
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Updated May 27, 2024 by Digital & Web Operations, University Relations (web_services@athabascau.ca)