Up the Creek Book Club

Current Book Selection

November's book is
Zookeeper's Wife
by Diane Ackerman

"A true story about the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, who helped save hundreds of people from Nazi hands during World War II. " (Publisher)

Meeting News

Please Note: November's meeting will be early. The next meeting will be Wednesday, November 19, at 7 pm at Anne's.

If you can't make it to this month's meeting but would like your comments and/or rating included, please e-mail us your remarks.

Next Month's Selection

December's book will be
Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
by Maggie O'Farrell

"In the middle of tending to the everyday business at her vintage clothing shop and side-stepping her married boyfriend's attempts at commitment, Iris Lockhart receives a stunning phone call: Her great-aunt Esme, whom she never knew existed, is being released from Cauldstone Hospital—where she has been locked away for over sixty years. Iris’s grandmother Kitty always claimed to be an only child. But Esme’s papers prove she is Kitty’s sister, and Iris can see the shadow of her dead father in Esme’s face. Esme has been labeled harmless—sane enough to coexist with the rest of the world. But Esme’s still basically a stranger, a family member never mentioned by the family, and one who is sure to bring life-altering secrets with her when she leaves the ward. If Iris takes her in, what dangerous truths might she inherit?" (Publisher)

Last Month's Selection

October's book was
Run
by Ann Patchett

"It's a winter evening in Boston and the temperature has drastically dropped as a blizzard approaches the city. On this fateful night, Bernard Doyle plans to meet his two adopted sons, Tip the older, and more serious and Teddy, the affectionate dreamer, at a Harvard auditorium to hear a speech given by Jesse Jackson. Doyle, an Irish Catholic and former Boston mayor, has done his best to keep his two sons interested in politics, from the day he and his now deceased wife became their parents, through their childhoods, and now in their lives as college students. Though the two boys are African-American, the bonds of the family's love have never been tested. But as the snow begins to falls, an accident triggers into motion a series of events that will forever change their lives. " (Publisher)