This month's selection:
NEXT TO LOVE
by Ellen Feldman
A story of love, war, loss, and the scars they leave, Next to Love follows the lives of three young women and their men during the years of World War II and its aftermath.
Set in a small town in Massachusetts, Babe, Millie, and Grace's lives are unmoored when their men are called to duty. The changes that are thrust upon them move them in directions they never dreamed possible. And yet Babe, Millie, and Grace remain bonded by their past, even as their children grow up and a new society rises from the ashes of the war.
Beautifully crafted and unforgettable, Next to Love depicts the enduring power of love and friendship, and illuminates a transformational moment in American history.
"Haunting and profoundly moving... Feldman's characters live and love with breathtaking intensity, and her deft juggling of several zigzagging plots makes the pages flow past with the force of a slow but mighty river. Equally impressive is her understanding of the period and of the assumptions not only about race and sex but also about keeping private pain private, which made the Greatest Generation not only flawed but often deeply, quietly miserable."
- Booklist (starred review)
"A lustrous evocation of a stormy period in our past...Feldman's scathing prose intensifies the daily routines of these families and makes readers fearful and worried along with them."
- Library Journal (starred review)
FOR YOUR BOOK CLUB:
Ellen Feldman's Website
Ellen Feldman's Recipe for Victory Fish
Fifty readers will be chosen to win a copy of Next to Love
Entry Deadline: September 1, 2011
Enter Next to Love Drawing