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Sisterhood Book Club

Come join with fellow Sisterhood members (other CBEers welcome, too!) for great discussion and refreshments at members' homes, as we discuss a variety of books, some with Jewish content, some not.

Please contact Debbie & Denise to join the Sisterhood Book Club and receive regular emails with dates and Zoom links (and eventually meeting locations), or with questions.

May 2024-Jan 2026 Book Club Selections

(see below for past selections)

Meeting Date

Book/Author

Links are to CBE's Amazon Associates account, which earn our congregation a small commission.  See below for more info.*

Topic

Tuesday, May 7 Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris After Holocaust, Russian, historical fiction
Tuesday, Jun 4 The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams Fiction, shared books create connections, London

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict & Victoria C. Murray

1920s, Historical Fiction, NY

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

Historical Fiction, Native American

Tuesday, September 8, 2024

Straddling Black and White by Kim Salzman 

1980s, Ethiopia, Historical Fiction, Israel

November 3, 2024

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

African Amerian, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Jewish

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult

Contemporary, Fiction, LGBT, Romance, Thriller

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel  

Historical Fiction, Holocaust, Jewish, WW II, coming of age

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 

Contemporary, Fiction

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

LGBT, Fiction

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Kantika by Elizabeth Graver

Jewish, Spanish, Turkish

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Maame by Jessica George

Contemporary, Ghana, Literary Fiction, London, coming of age

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

The Women by Kristin Hannah

Historical Fiction, Vietnam

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

My Travels With Mrs. Kennedy by Clint Hill

Nonfiction

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Tomorrow and Tommorow and Tomorrow by Gabriel Zevin

Contemporary, Fiction, coming of age

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

The Measure by Nikki Erlick

Science Fiction

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure

Historical Fiction, Holocaust

Sunday November 2, 2025

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

Historical Fiction, Midwife, Mystery

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson **

Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Mystery

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth by Noa Tishby

Nonfiction

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See

China, Historical Fiction

2024 January-June Book Club Selections

(see below for past selections)

Date

Book/Author

Links are to
CBE's Amazon Associates 
account, which earn our
congregation a small commission. 
See below for more info.*

Topic
Tuesday, Jan 2, 2024 The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel Historical fiction, Holocaust in Paris
Tuesday, Feb 6 A Place for Us by Fatima Mirzah Contemporary India, family fitting in
Tuesday, Mar 5 Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce Offbeat British humor, 1950’s
Tuesday, Apr 2 There, There by Tommy Orange Native American contemporary
Tuesday, May 7 Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris After Holocaust, Russian, historical fiction
Tuesday, Jun 4 The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams Fiction, shared books create connections, London

*If you use these links at the time you put the item into your Amazon shopping cart and then go on to purchase the book (right away or in the following 3 months), CBE receives a small advertising fee for your purchase. (If you use one of our links, anything you buy-- or put in your shopping cart-- in that session will count.) More information about this program is on the CBE Amazon page.

2023 Selections

Date

Book/Author

Links are to
CBE's Amazon Associates 
account, which earn our
congregation a small commission. 
See below for more info.*

Tuesday, Jan 3, 2023 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins
Tuesday, Feb 7 The Secret Life of Violet Grant
Beatriz Williams
Tuesday, Mar 7

Indigo Girls

Natasha Boyd

Sunday, Apr 2 The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
by Michele Richardson
Tuesday, May 2 The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
Tuesday, June 6 Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
Tuesday, July 11 The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
Tuesday, August 8 I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
Tuesday, Sept 5 Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Tuesday, Oct 3 Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Tuesday, Nov 7 This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Tuesday, Dec 5 The Matchmaker’s Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman
Thu, October 10 2024 8 Tishrei 5785