{"id":8348,"date":"2023-12-13T17:09:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T17:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/?p=8348"},"modified":"2024-03-31T19:14:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T19:14:13","slug":"gma-book-club-list-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/gma-book-club-list-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Complete GMA Book Club List of 2023 (+ Printable PDF)"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>img#mv-trellis-img-1::before{padding-top:66.69921875%; }img#mv-trellis-img-1{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-2::before{padding-top:152.09125475285%; }img#mv-trellis-img-2{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-3::before{padding-top:150.94339622642%; }img#mv-trellis-img-3{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-4::before{padding-top:150.94339622642%; }img#mv-trellis-img-4{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-5::before{padding-top:152.09125475285%; }img#mv-trellis-img-5{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-6::before{padding-top:151.80265654649%; }img#mv-trellis-img-6{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-7::before{padding-top:150.94339622642%; }img#mv-trellis-img-7{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-8::before{padding-top:150.09380863039%; }img#mv-trellis-img-8{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-9::before{padding-top:150.94339622642%; }img#mv-trellis-img-9{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-10::before{padding-top:152.09125475285%; }img#mv-trellis-img-10{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-11::before{padding-top:151.22873345936%; }img#mv-trellis-img-11{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-12::before{padding-top:151.0067114094%; }img#mv-trellis-img-12{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-13::before{padding-top:152.09125475285%; }img#mv-trellis-img-13{display:block;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gma_book_club_list_2023_printable-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8368\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gma_book_club_list_2023_printable-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gma_book_club_list_2023_printable-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gma_book_club_list_2023_printable-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gma_book_club_list_2023_printable-2048x1365.webp 2048w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gma_book_club_list_2023_printable-960x640.webp 960w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gma_book_club_list_2023_printable-1080x720.webp 1080w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gma_book_club_list_2023_printable-1200x800.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 96px), 720px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201024%20683'%3E%3Crect%20width='1024'%20height='683'%20style='fill:%23e3e3e3'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8368 eager-load\" title=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 96px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gma_book_club_list_2023_printable.webp\" data-mvt-skip=\"src\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gma_book_club_list_2023_printable-1024x683.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gma_book_club_list_2023_printable-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gma_book_club_list_2023_printable-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gma_book_club_list_2023_printable-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gma_book_club_list_2023_printable-2048x1365.webp 2048w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gma_book_club_list_2023_printable-960x640.webp 960w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gma_book_club_list_2023_printable-1080x720.webp 1080w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gma_book_club_list_2023_printable-1200x800.webp 1200w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Good Morning America (GMA)<\/a> started its book club in 2019, with their first pick <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46RtN3v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dominicana<\/a> by&nbsp;Angie Cruz&nbsp;. Since then, it has earned its place among the top celebrity book clubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, GMA picked some interesting novels, starting with the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3t6Z8S1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Age of Vice<\/a> by Deepti Kapoor, which was also selected as the best book of the year by Oprah Daily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My favorite pick of the year, however, is <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3GIvfuq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Save What&rsquo;s Left<\/a> by Elizabeth Castellano, which is an outrageously funny debut novel about a woman who, after her husband leaves, moves to a seemingly idyllic beach town only to be at war with her neighbors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this post you will find every single book the GMA Book Club picked in 2023 and their synopses, along with links to my reviews and book club questions for the titles I have read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a printable PDF list, containing the title and author names, click on the menu link. Happy reading! &#10084;&#65039;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/gma-book-club-list-of-2023\/#list\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/gma-book-club-list-of-2023\/#list\">Book Club Picks<\/a>  | <a href=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/gma-book-club-list-of-2023\/#pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/gma-book-club-list-of-2023\/#pdf\">Printable List<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"list\">Complete GMA Book Club List of 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3t6Z8S1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Age of Vice<\/a> by Deepti Kapoor<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43EVGtR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3t6Z8S1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/age_of_vice_book.webp\" alt=\"age_of_vice_book\" class=\"wp-image-1223\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/age_of_vice_book.webp 526w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/age_of_vice_book-197x300.webp 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/age_of_vice_book.webp\" alt=\"age_of_vice_book\" class=\"wp-image-1223 lazyload\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/age_of_vice_book.webp 526w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/age_of_vice_book-197x300.webp 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/age_of_vice_book.webp\" data-mvt-skip=\"src\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-2\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deftly shifting through time and perspective in contemporary India,&nbsp;<em>Age of Vice<\/em>&nbsp;is an epic, action-packed story propelled by the seductive wealth, startling corruption, and bloodthirsty violence of the Wadia family &mdash; loved by some, loathed by others, feared by all.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Delhi, 3 a.m. A speeding Mercedes jumps the curb and in the blink of an eye,&nbsp;five people are dead. It&rsquo;s a rich man&rsquo;s car, but when the dust settles there is no rich man at all, just a shell-shocked servant who cannot explain the strange series of events that led to this crime. Nor can he foresee the dark drama that is about to unfold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the shadow of lavish estates, extravagant parties, predatory business deals and calculated political influence, three lives become dangerously intertwined: Ajay is the watchful servant, born into poverty, who rises through the family&rsquo;s ranks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunny is&nbsp;the playboy heir who dreams of outshining his father, whatever the cost. And&nbsp;Neda is the curious journalist caught between morality and desire.&nbsp;Against a sweeping plot fueled by loss, pleasure, greed, yearning, violence and revenge, will these characters&rsquo; connections become a path to escape, or a trigger of further destruction?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Equal parts crime thriller and family saga, transporting readers from the dusty villages of Uttar Pradesh to the urban energy of New Delhi,<em>&nbsp;Age of Vice&nbsp;<\/em>is an intoxicating novel of gangsters and lovers, false friendships, forbidden romance, and the consequences of corruption. It is binge-worthy entertainment at its literary best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For my book club questions for this book, <a href=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/book-club-questions-for-age-of-vice-by-deepti-kapoor\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/book-club-questions-for-age-of-vice-by-deepti-kapoor\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/41n0epb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">River Sing Me Home<\/a> by Eleanor Shearer<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43EVGtR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/41n0epb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/river_sing_me_home_book.webp\" alt=\"river_sing_me_home_book\" class=\"wp-image-1696\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/river_sing_me_home_book.webp 530w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/river_sing_me_home_book-199x300.webp 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/river_sing_me_home_book.webp\" alt=\"river_sing_me_home_book\" class=\"wp-image-1696 lazyload\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/river_sing_me_home_book.webp 530w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/river_sing_me_home_book-199x300.webp 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/river_sing_me_home_book.webp\" data-mvt-skip=\"src\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-3\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>This beautiful, page-turning and redemptive story of a mother&rsquo;s gripping journey across the Caribbean to find her stolen children and piece her family back together is a &ldquo;celebration of motherhood and female resilience&rdquo; (<em>The Observer<\/em>).<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Her search begins with an ending.&hellip;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The master of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers his slaves and announces the king has decreed an end to slavery. As of the following day, the Emancipation Act of 1834 will come into effect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cries of joy fall silent when he announces that they are no longer his slaves; they are now his apprentices. No one can leave. They must work for him for another six years. Freedom is just another name for the life they have always lived. So Rachel runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Away from Providence, she begins a desperate search to find her children&mdash;the five who survived birth and were sold. Are any of them still alive? Rachel has to know. The grueling, dangerous journey takes her from Barbados then, by river, deep into the forest of British Guiana and finally across the sea to Trinidad. She is driven on by the certainty that a mother cannot be truly free without knowing what has become of her children, even if the answer is more than she can bear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the stories of Mary Grace, Micah, Thomas Augustus, Cherry Jane and Mercy. But above all this is the story of Rachel and the extraordinary lengths to which a mother will go to find her children&hellip;and her freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For my book club questions for this book, <a href=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/book-club-questions-for-river-sing-me-home-by-eleanor-shearer\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/book-club-questions-for-river-sing-me-home-by-eleanor-shearer\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/47VPL6L\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pineapple Street<\/a> by Jenny Jackson<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43EVGtR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/47VPL6L\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pineapple_street_book.webp\" alt=\"pineapple_street_book\" class=\"wp-image-2360\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pineapple_street_book.webp 530w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pineapple_street_book-199x300.webp 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pineapple_street_book.webp\" alt=\"pineapple_street_book\" class=\"wp-image-2360 lazyload\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pineapple_street_book.webp 530w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pineapple_street_book-199x300.webp 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pineapple_street_book.webp\" data-mvt-skip=\"src\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-4\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A deliciously funny, sharply observed debut of family, love, and class, this zeitgeisty novel follows three women in one wealthy Brooklyn clan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected old money Stockton family, followed her heart, trading her job and her inheritance for motherhood but giving up far too much in the process;&nbsp;Sasha, a middle-class New England girl, has married into the Brooklyn Heights family, and finds herself cast as the arriviste outsider; and Georgiana, the baby of the family, has fallen in love with someone she can&rsquo;t have, and must decide what kind of person she wants to be.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rife with the indulgent pleasures of life among New York&rsquo;s one-percenters,&nbsp;<em>Pineapple Street<\/em>&nbsp;is a smart, escapist novel that sparkles with wit. Full of recognizable, loveable&mdash;if fallible&mdash;characters, it&rsquo;s about the peculiar unknowability of someone else&rsquo;s family, the miles between the haves and have-nots, and the insanity of first love&mdash;all wrapped in a story that is a sheer delight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For my book club questions for this book, <a href=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/book-club-questions-for-pineapple-street-by-jenny-jackson\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/book-club-questions-for-pineapple-street-by-jenny-jackson\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3v1lqoQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dirty Laundry<\/a> by&nbsp;Disha Bose<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43EVGtR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3v1lqoQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dirty_laundry_book.webp\" alt=\"dirty_laundry_book\" class=\"wp-image-8358\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dirty_laundry_book.webp 526w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dirty_laundry_book-197x300.webp 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dirty_laundry_book.webp\" alt=\"dirty_laundry_book\" class=\"wp-image-8358 lazyload\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dirty_laundry_book.webp 526w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dirty_laundry_book-197x300.webp 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dirty_laundry_book.webp\" data-mvt-skip=\"src\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-5\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p><em>She was the perfect wife, with the perfect life. You would kill to have it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ciara Dunphy has it all&mdash;a loving husband, well-behaved children, and a beautiful home. Her circle of friends in their small Irish village go to her for tips about mothering, style, and influencer success&mdash;a picture-perfect life is easy money on Instagram. But behind the filters, reality is less polished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter Mishti Guha: Ciara&rsquo;s best friend. Ciara welcomed Mishti into her inner circle for being . . . unlike the other mothers in the group. Discontent in a marriage arranged for her by her parents back in Calcutta, Mishti now raises her young daughter in a country that is too cold, among children who look nothing like her. She wants what Ciara has&mdash;the ease with which she moves through the world&mdash;and, in that sense, Mishti might be exactly like the other mothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And there&rsquo;s earth mother Lauren Doyle: born, bred, and the butt of jokes in their village. With her disheveled partner and children who run naked in the yard, they&rsquo;re mostly a happy lot, though ostracized for being the singular dysfunction in Ciara&rsquo;s immaculate world. When Lauren finds an unlikely ally in Mishti, she decides that her days of ridicule are over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then Ciara is found murdered in her own pristine home, and the house of cards she&rsquo;d worked so hard to build comes crumbling down. Everyone seems to have something to gain from Ciara&rsquo;s death, so if they don&rsquo;t want the blame, it may be the perfect time to air their enemies&rsquo; dirty laundry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this dazzling debut novel, Disha Bose revolutionizes age-old ideas of love and deceit. What ensues is the delicious unspooling of a group of women desperate to preserve themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For my book club questions for this book, <a href=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/book-club-questions-for-dirty-laundry-by-disha-bose\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/book-club-questions-for-dirty-laundry-by-disha-bose\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">May 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46RncGh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Nigerwife<\/a> by Vanessa Walters<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43EVGtR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46RncGh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"527\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/the_nigerwife_book.webp\" alt=\"the_nigerwife_book\" class=\"wp-image-3588\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/the_nigerwife_book.webp 527w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/the_nigerwife_book-198x300.webp 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"527\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/the_nigerwife_book.webp\" alt=\"the_nigerwife_book\" class=\"wp-image-3588 lazyload\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/the_nigerwife_book.webp 527w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/the_nigerwife_book-198x300.webp 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/the_nigerwife_book.webp\" data-mvt-skip=\"src\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-6\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&ldquo;<\/strong><strong><em>White Lotus<\/em><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;meets&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><em>Big Little Lies<\/em><\/strong><strong>&rdquo; (<\/strong><strong><em>Good Morning America<\/em><\/strong><strong>)&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>in this riveting domestic drama about a young woman who goes missing in Lagos, Nigeria, and her estranged auntie who will stop at nothing to find her.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a hand&shy;some husband, a palatial house in the heart of glittering Lagos, and a glamorous group of friends. She left gloomy London and a troubled family past behind for sunny, moneyed Lagos, becoming part of the Nigerwives&mdash;a com&shy;munity of foreign women married to Nigerian men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But when Nicole disappears without a trace after a boat trip, the cracks in her so-called perfect life start to show. As the investigation turns up nothing but dead ends, her auntie Claudine decides to take matters into her own hands. Armed with only a cell phone and a plane ticket to Nigeria, she digs into her niece&rsquo;s life and uncov&shy;ers a hidden side filled with dark secrets, isolation, and even violence. But the more she discovers about Nicole, the more Claudine&rsquo;s own buried history threatens to come to light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An inventively told and keenly observant debut novel,&nbsp;<em>The Nigerwife&nbsp;<\/em>offers a razor-sharp look at the bonds of family, the echoing consequences of secrets, and whether we can ever truly outrun our past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4amqPqr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ink Blood Sister Scribe<\/a> by Emma T&ouml;rzs<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43EVGtR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4amqPqr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ink_blood_sister_scribe_book.webp\" alt=\"ink_blood_sister_scribe_book\" class=\"wp-image-3906\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ink_blood_sister_scribe_book.webp 530w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ink_blood_sister_scribe_book-199x300.webp 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ink_blood_sister_scribe_book.webp\" alt=\"ink_blood_sister_scribe_book\" class=\"wp-image-3906 lazyload\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ink_blood_sister_scribe_book.webp 530w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ink_blood_sister_scribe_book-199x300.webp 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ink_blood_sister_scribe_book.webp\" data-mvt-skip=\"src\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-7\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In this spellbinding debut novel, two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family&rsquo;s library of magical books&nbsp;must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collection&mdash;a tale of familial loyalty and betrayal, and the pursuit of magic and power.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For generations, the Kalotay family has guarded a collection of ancient and rare books. Books that let a person walk through walls or manipulate the elements&mdash;books of magic that half-sisters Joanna and Esther have been raised to revere and protect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All magic comes with a price, though, and for years the sisters have been separated. Esther has fled to a remote base in Antarctica to escape the fate that killed her own mother, and Joanna&rsquo;s isolated herself in their family home in Vermont, devoting her life to the study of these cherished volumes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But after their father dies suddenly while reading a book Joanna has never seen before, the sisters must reunite to preserve their family legacy. In the process, they&rsquo;ll uncover a world of magic far bigger and more dangerous than they ever imagined, and all the secrets their parents kept hidden; secrets that span centuries, continents, and even other libraries . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the great tradition of&nbsp;<em>Ninth House, The Magicians,&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>Practical Magic,&nbsp;<\/em>this is a suspenseful and richly atmospheric novel that draws readers into a vast world filled with mystery and magic, romance, and intrigue&mdash;and marks the debut of an extraordinary new voice in speculative fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">July 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3GIvfuq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Save What&rsquo;s Left<\/a> by Elizabeth Castellano<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43EVGtR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3GIvfuq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/save_whats_left_book.webp\" alt=\"save_whats_left_book\" class=\"wp-image-8354\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/save_whats_left_book.webp 533w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/save_whats_left_book-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/save_whats_left_book.webp\" alt=\"save_whats_left_book\" class=\"wp-image-8354 lazyload\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/save_whats_left_book.webp 533w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/save_whats_left_book-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/save_whats_left_book.webp\" data-mvt-skip=\"src\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-8\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>An outrageously funny debut novel about a woman who moves to a small beach town looking for peace, only to find herself in an all-out war with her neighbors.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Kathleen Deane&rsquo;s husband, Tom, tells her he&rsquo;s no longer happy with his life and their marriage, Kathleen is confused. They live in Kansas. They&rsquo;ve been married thirty years. Who said anything about being happy? But with Tom off finding himself, Kathleen starts to think about what she wants. And her thoughts lead her to a small beach community on the east coast, a town called Whitbey that has always looked lovely in the Christmas letters her childhood friend Josie sends every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It turns out, though, that life in Whitbey is nothing like Josie&rsquo;s letters. Kathleen&rsquo;s new neighbor, Rosemary, is cantankerous, and the town&rsquo;s supervisor won&rsquo;t return Kathleen&rsquo;s emails, but worst of all is the Sugar Cube, the monstrosity masquerading as a holiday home that Kathleen&rsquo;s absentee neighbors are building next door to her quaint (read: tiny) cottage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Kathleen gets more and more involved in the fight against the Sugar Cube and town politics overall, she realizes that Whitbey may not be a fairytale, but it just might be exactly what she needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Save What&rsquo;s Left<\/em>&nbsp;can best be described as the &ldquo;un-beach read.&rdquo; It pulls back the curtain on life in a beach town, revealing the true cost of a pretty view.&nbsp;Told from the candid and irreverent perspective of a newcomer turned local, this is a story of forgiveness, fortitude, and second chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For my book club questions for this book, <a href=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/book-club-questions-for-save-whats-left-by-elizabeth-castellano\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here!<\/a><br>And for my in-depth review, <a href=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/book-review-save-whats-left-by-elizabeth-castellano\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">August 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3tpQk9E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Family Lore<\/a> by Elizabeth Acevedo<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43EVGtR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3tpQk9E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/family_lore_book.webp\" alt=\"family_lore_book\" class=\"wp-image-5621\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/family_lore_book.webp 530w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/family_lore_book-199x300.webp 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/family_lore_book.webp\" alt=\"family_lore_book\" class=\"wp-image-5621 lazyload\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/family_lore_book.webp 530w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/family_lore_book-199x300.webp 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/family_lore_book.webp\" data-mvt-skip=\"src\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-9\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From National Book Award-winning author Elizabeth Acevedo comes the story of one Dominican American family told through the voices of its women<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flor has a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. So when she decides she wants a living wake&mdash;a party to bring her family and community together to celebrate the long life she&rsquo;s led&mdash;her sisters are surprised. Has Flor foreseen her own death, or someone else&rsquo;s? Does she have other motives? She refuses to tell her sisters, Matilde, Pastora, and Camila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Flor isn&rsquo;t the only person with secrets: her sisters are hiding things, too. And the next generation, cousins Ona and Yadi, face tumult of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spanning the three days prior to the wake,&nbsp;<em>Family Lore<\/em>&nbsp;traces the lives of each of the Marte women, weaving together past and present, Santo Domingo and New York City. Told with Elizabeth Acevedo&rsquo;s inimitable and incandescent voice, this is an indelible portrait of sisters and cousins, aunts and nieces&mdash;one family&rsquo;s journey through their history, helping them better navigate all that is to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">September 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/41mVIXF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Happiness Falls<\/a> by Angie Kim<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43EVGtR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/41mVIXF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/happiness_falls_book.webp\" alt=\"happiness_falls_book\" class=\"wp-image-5629\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/happiness_falls_book.webp\" alt=\"happiness_falls_book\" class=\"wp-image-5629 lazyload\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/happiness_falls_book.webp\" data-mvt-skip=\"src\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-10\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>When a father goes missing, his family&rsquo;s desperate search leads them to question everything they know about him and one another&nbsp;in this thrilling&nbsp;page-turner,&nbsp;a deeply moving portrait of a family in crisis&nbsp;from the award-winning author of&nbsp;<em>Miracle Creek.<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t call the police right away.&rdquo; Those are the electric first words of this extraordinary novel about a biracial Korean American family in Virginia whose lives are upended when their beloved father and husband goes missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mia, the irreverent, hyperanalytical twenty-year-old daughter, has an explanation for everything&mdash;which is why she isn&rsquo;t initially concerned when her father and younger brother Eugene don&rsquo;t return from a walk in a nearby park. They must have lost their phone. Or stopped for an errand somewhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But by the time Mia&rsquo;s brother runs through the front door bloody and alone, it becomes clear that the father in this tight-knit family is missing and the only witness is Eugene, who has the rare genetic condition Angelman syndrome and cannot speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What follows is both a ticking-clock investigation into the whereabouts of a father and an emotionally rich portrait of a family whose most personal secrets just may be at the heart of his disappearance. Full of shocking twists and fascinating questions of love, language, and human connection,&nbsp;<em>Happiness Falls<\/em>&nbsp;is a mystery, a family drama, and a novel of profound philosophical inquiry. <br>With all the powerful storytelling she brought to her award-winning debut,&nbsp;<em>Miracle Creek<\/em>, Angie Kim turns the missing-person story into something wholly original, creating an indelible tale of a family who must go to remarkable lengths to truly understand one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For my book club questions for this book, <a href=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/book-club-questions-for-happiness-falls-by-angie-kim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">October 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46WaxBK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The List<\/a> by Yomi Adegoke<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43EVGtR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46WaxBK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/the_list_book.webp\" alt=\"the_list_book\" class=\"wp-image-7493\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/the_list_book.webp 529w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/the_list_book-198x300.webp 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/the_list_book.webp\" alt=\"the_list_book\" class=\"wp-image-7493 lazyload\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/the_list_book.webp 529w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/the_list_book-198x300.webp 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/the_list_book.webp\" data-mvt-skip=\"src\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-11\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In this sensational, page-turning debut novel, a high-profile female journalist&rsquo;s world is upended when her fianc&eacute;&rsquo;s name turns up in a viral social media post&mdash;a nuanced, daring, and timely exploration of the real-world impact of online life, from award-winning journalist and internationally bestselling author Yomi Adegoke.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at&nbsp;<em>Womxxxn<\/em>&nbsp;magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in one month&rsquo;s time. Young, beautiful, and successful&mdash;she and her fianc&eacute; Michael are considered the &ldquo;couple goals&rdquo; of their social network and seem to have it all. That is, until one morning when they both wake up to the same message: &ldquo;Oh my god, have you seen The List?&rdquo;<em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It began as a crowdsourced collection of names and somehow morphed into an anonymous account posting allegations on social media. Ola would usually be the first to support such a list&mdash;she&rsquo;d retweet it, call for the men to be fired, write article after article. Except this time, Michael&rsquo;s name is on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Compulsively readable, wildly entertaining, and filled with sharp social insight,&nbsp;<em>The List<\/em>&nbsp;is a piercing and dazzlingly clear-sighted debut about secrets, lies, and the internet. Perfect for fans of&nbsp;<em>Such a Fun Age<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Luster,&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>My Dark Vanessa<\/em>, this is a searing portrait of these modern times and our morally complicated online culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For my book club questions for this book, <a href=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/book-club-questions-for-the-list-by-yomi-adegoke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">November 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3v0aGa7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Class<\/a> by Stephanie Land<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43EVGtR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3v0aGa7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/class_book.webp\" alt=\"class_book\" class=\"wp-image-7705\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/class_book.webp 298w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/class_book-199x300.webp 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/class_book.webp\" alt=\"class_book\" class=\"wp-image-7705 lazyload\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/class_book.webp 298w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/class_book-199x300.webp 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/class_book.webp\" data-mvt-skip=\"src\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-12\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From the<\/strong><strong><em>&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong>bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling mother barely making ends meet as a housecleaner&mdash;a gripping memoir about college, motherhood, poverty, and life after&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><em>Maid<\/em><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir&nbsp;<em>Maid<\/em>, she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books of 2019, it was called &ldquo;an eye-opening journey into the lives of the working poor&rdquo; (<em>People<\/em>). Later it was adapted into the hit Netflix series&nbsp;<em>Maid<\/em>, which was viewed by 67 million households and was Netflix&rsquo;s fourth most-watched show in 2021, garnering three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Stephanie&rsquo;s escape out of poverty and abuse in search of a better life inspired millions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Maid<\/em>&nbsp;was a story about a housecleaner, but it was also a story about a woman with a dream. In&nbsp;<em>Class<\/em>, Land takes us with her as she finishes college and pursues her writing career. Facing barriers at every turn including a byzantine loan system, not having enough money for food, navigating the judgments of professors and fellow students who didn&rsquo;t understand the demands of attending college while under the poverty line&mdash;Land finds a way to survive once again, finally graduating in her mid-thirties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Class<\/em>&nbsp;paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition.&nbsp;<em>Who has the right to create art? Who has the right to go to college? And what kind of work is valued in our culture?&nbsp;<\/em>In clear, candid, and moving prose,&nbsp;<em>Class<\/em>&nbsp;grapples with these questions, offering a searing indictment of America&rsquo;s educational system and an inspiring testimony of a mother&rsquo;s triumph against all odds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">December 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3GyzSao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Frozen River<\/a> by Ariel Lawhon<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3GyzSao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/the_frozen_river_book.webp\" alt=\"the_frozen_river_book\" class=\"wp-image-8171\" style=\"width:203px;height:306px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/the_frozen_river_book.webp 526w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/the_frozen_river_book-197x300.webp 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/the_frozen_river_book.webp\" alt=\"the_frozen_river_book\" class=\"wp-image-8171 lazyload\" style=\"width:203px;height:306px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/the_frozen_river_book.webp 526w, https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/the_frozen_river_book-197x300.webp 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/the_frozen_river_book.webp\" data-mvt-skip=\"src\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-13\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From the&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;bestselling author of&nbsp;<em>I Was Anastasia<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Code Name H&eacute;l&egrave;ne<\/em>&nbsp;comes a gripping historical mystery&nbsp;inspired by the life and diary&nbsp;of Martha Ballard,&nbsp;a renowned&nbsp;18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Months earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the town&rsquo;s most respected gentlemen&mdash;one of whom has now been found dead in the ice. But when a local physician undermines her conclusion, declaring the death to be an accident, Martha is forced to investigate the shocking murder on her own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the course of one winter, as the trial nears, and whispers and prejudices mount, Martha doggedly pursues the truth. Her diary soon lands at the center of the scandal, implicating those she loves, and compelling Martha to decide where her own loyalties lie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clever, layered, and subversive, Ariel Lawhon&rsquo;s newest offering introduces an unsung heroine who refused to accept anything less than justice at a time when women were considered best seen and not heard.&nbsp;<em>The Frozen River<\/em>&nbsp;is a thrilling, tense, and tender story about a remarkable woman who left an unparalleled legacy yet remains nearly forgotten to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For my book club questions for this book, <a href=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/book-club-questions-for-the-frozen-river-by-ariel-lawhon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"pdf\">GMA Book Club List of 2023 (Printable)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Feel free to distribute these questions to your book club members before your meeting. Simply click the link below to download and print the PDF file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GMA-Book-Club-2023-Printable-List.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of GMA-Book-Club-2023-Printable-List.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1c780a20-77c6-4500-b49c-16703128886e\" href=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GMA-Book-Club-2023-Printable-List.pdf\">GMA-Book-Club-2023-Printable-List<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wroteabook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GMA-Book-Club-2023-Printable-List.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1c780a20-77c6-4500-b49c-16703128886e\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>I hope you enjoyed this list of GMA book club picks for 2023! 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