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Join us for Ruthmere's November Book Club meeting! New members WELCOME!Do you love reading books about history? So do we! That's why we created the Ruthmere Book Club - a place where avid readers and history buffs can unite to discuss the stories of the past.
At the November meeting, we will discuss "Small Things Like These" by Claire Keegan and "Sisters of Belfast" by Melanie Maure (Fiction). Please email book club leaders Tehillah Moses ([email protected]) or Linnea Wuorenmaa ([email protected]) if you are interested in joining the meeting or learning more!
SYNOPSIS:
Small Things Like These:
"It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church.
An international bestseller, Small Things Like These is a deeply affecting story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy from one of our most critically lauded and iconic writers."
Sisters of Belfast:
Orphaned during the Second World War, Aelish and Isabel McGuire—known as the twins of Belfast—are given over to the austere care of the Sisters of Bethlehem. Though they are each all the other has, the girls are propelled in opposite directions as they grow up. Rebellious Isabel turns her back on the church and Ireland, traveling to Newfoundland where she pursues a perilous yet independent life. Devout Aelish chooses to remain in Northern Ireland and takes the veil, burying painful truths beneath years of silence. For decades the two are separated, each unaware of the other’s life. But after years of isolation Aelish is unexpectedly summoned to Newfoundland, where she and her estranged sister begin to bridge the chasm between them.
A story of faith—in religion, in the world, and in one another—Sisters of Belfast is a heartbreaking, tragic, and deeply moving novel about survival and the enduring power of sisterhood."
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The 2025 Ruthmere Book Club is sponsored by Gordon & Phyllis Hostetler. Thank you!
The Ruthmere Book Club meets the third Thursday of each month. Books are selected annually, consisting of both fiction and non-fiction. Books are sometimes provided by Book Club leaders or are available from the Elkhart Public Library; contact us for more information.
For a list of all 2025 books, visit https://ruthmere.org/Book-Club/
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