Let's Talk About Books: Isola

About this event

Join Let's Talk About Books, a monthly book club that meets online via Zoom. The group meets the second Friday each month, unless otherwise scheduled. The meeting is free and open to everyone interested, whether they have read the book or not. The Zoom link will be emailed ahead of the meeting. Please join! November's title is Isolaby Allegra Goodman. Copies will be available at the desk for checkout one month ahead of the meeting. The book is also available on the The Palace Project and/or Libby app, as an eBook or audiobook. Synopsis: A young woman and her lover are marooned on an island in this “lushly painted” (People) historical epic of love, faith, and defiance from the bestselling author of Sam. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME, The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, NPR, Slate, The Globe and Mail, Kirkus Reviews, Town & Country, Lit Hub, Christian Science Monitor • FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE • LONGLISTED FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS BOOK AWARD Heir to a fortune, Marguerite is destined for a life of prosperity and gentility. Then she is orphaned, and her guardian—an enigmatic and volatile man—spends her inheritance and insists she accompany him on an expedition to New France. That journey takes a unexpected turn when Marguerite, accused of betrayal, is brutally punished and abandoned on a small island. Once a child of privilege who dressed in gowns and laced pearls in her hair, Marguerite finds herself at the mercy of nature. As the weather turns, blanketing the island in ice, she discovers a faith she’d never before needed. Inspired by the real life of a sixteenth-century heroine, Isola is the timeless story of a woman fighting for survival. - Provided by publisher