BOOK CLUB - FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY SENIOR LOUNGE, 7 PM

 **To Sir, With Love by E. R. Braithwaite led by Sandy Pizzano To Sir, With Love is a 1959 autobiographical novel by E. R. Braithwaite set in the East End of London. The novel is based on the true story of Braithwaite accepting a teaching post in a secondary school. The novel, in 22 chapters, gives insight into the politics of race and class in postwar London. 

 **A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen led by Katrinka Stone James is a street musician struggling to make ends meet. Bob is a stray cat looking for somewhere warm to sleep. When James and Bob meet, they forge a never-to-be-forgotten friendship that has been charming readers from Thailand to Turkey. 

 **Counting the Cost by Craig Borlase, Derick Dillard, and Jill Duggar Dillard led by Pat Deis-Gleason In her new memoir Counting the Cost, Jill Duggar details the aftermath of Josh Duggar's molestation scandal, her clash with her father over 19 Kids and Counting money and more. Jill Duggar was the first of her siblings to go public with her grievances about coming of age as an increasingly reluctant reality TV star. 

 **Mr. Dickens and His Carol: A Novel by Samantha Silva led by Glenda Sturtevant While his wife plans a lavish holiday party for their ever-expanding family and circle of friends, Dickens has visions of the poor house. But when his publishers try to blackmail him into writing a Christmas book to save them all from financial ruin, he refuses. And a serious bout of writer's block sets in. 

 **All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr led by Debbie Estabrook From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the stunningly beautiful instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. 

 **Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus led by Ann Brabbs The book follows a chemist in the 1960s who doesn't get the respect she deserves. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she becomes the host of a famous cooking show. With her platform, she encourages viewers to push the boundaries the same way she did at work. 

 **Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes led byJoan Cunningham Nisha Cantor lives the globetrotting life of the seriously wealthy, until her husband announces a divorce and cuts her off. Nisha is determined to hang onto her glamorous life. But in the meantime, she must scramble to cope—she doesn't even have the shoes she was, until a moment ago, standing in. 

 **The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd led by Teri Guynes It is a fictionalized account of the early efforts of Eliza Lucas to grow the first Indigo crop in SC, after being left in charge of her father's three plantations here when he returns to Antigua. She disdains marriage, and works hard to succeed at making the plantations successful. 

 **West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge led by Penny Biedermann Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California's first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo.