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Bookies
The Spring Bay Bookies is an adult book club that focuses on literary and women's fiction. Readers who share a love of books and laughter are always welcome, but be warned - discussions are sure to get off the beaten path from time to time!
The Bookies meet on the first Monday* of the month at 6:00 pm at IPDPL - Spring Bay.
*Regularly scheduled meetings that fall on holidays when the library is closed are routinely rescheduled to the following Monday.
The River We Remember: A Novel, by William Kent Krueger
On Memorial Day 1958 in Jewel, Minnesota, the body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster River, dead from a shotgun blast. The investigation falls to Sheriff Brody Dern, a highly decorated war hero who still carries the physical and emotional scars from his military service. Even before Dern has the results of the autopsy, vicious rumors begin to circulate that the killer must be Noah Bluestone, a Native American WWII veteran who has recently returned to Jewel with a Japanese wife. As suspicions and accusations mount and the town teeters on the edge of more violence, Dern struggles not only to find the truth of Quinn’s murder but also to put to rest the demons from his own past.
Caught up in the torrent of anger that sweeps through Jewel are a war widow and her adolescent son, the intrepid publisher of the local newspaper, an aging deputy, and a crusading female lawyer, all of whom struggle with their own tragic histories and harbor secrets that Quinn’s death threatens to expose.
Both a complex, spellbinding mystery and a masterful portrait of mid-century American life, The River We Remember offers an unflinching look at the wounds left by the wars we fight abroad and at home, a moving exploration of how we seek to heal, and a testament to the enduring power of the stories we tell about the places we call home.
Join us to discuss this deeply moving work of period fiction.