Dedicated Readers Society Book Club List
Meets the second Monday of each month at the Chippewa Falls Public Library. Click here for the full book list.
Click on the images below to go to the MORE Catalog to place a hold on the title.
Featured Book Titles with Summaries
The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk by Jennifer Niven
Monday, June 8, 6:00 pm
A true story of survival in the Arctic follows the year-long battle against the elements waged by the stranded crew of the Karluk—and the captain’s daring journey to save his surviving crew. Drawing on the diaries of those who were rescued and those who perished, Jennifer Niven recreates with astonishing accuracy the ill-fated journey and the crew’s desperate attempts to find a way home.
James by Percival Everett
Monday, July 13, 6:00 pm
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, retold from the enslaved Jim’s point of view has become a both harrowing and ferociously funny story in Percival Everett’s new novel, James. While many narrative set pieces of Twain’s original novel remain in place, Jim’s agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light. (In development as a feature film to be produced by Steven Spielberg.)
Land Rich, Cash Poor: My Family's Hope and the Untold History of the Disappearing American Farmer by Brian Reisinger
Monday, August 10, 6:00 pm
The hidden history of an economic and cultural crisis that is threatening our very food supply—the disappearance of the American farmer. Taking on this working-class story of heart and hardship, award-winning writer and rural policy expert Brian Reisinger weaves forgotten eras of American history with his own family’s four-generation fight for survival in Midwestern farm country.