Historical Fiction Selected for Next Book Club Discussion

The November gathering of our UUCY Book Club, facilitated by our new leaders, Gean Dindia and Rosemary Saul, was a small but lively group engaged in discussion of the award-winning historical fiction book March by Geraldine Brooks, which offered a different perspective on the family of Little Women.

The next book takes us to Eastern Oregon in the winter of 1917.  Award-winning author Molly Gloss’ The Hearts of Horses is an elegant, heartwarming story about the profound connections between people and animals.

Here’s what reviewers had to say:

“[An] affecting, timely novel that lays explicit emphasis on empathy as a yardstick of humanity.”
— San Francisco Chronicle

“Not just a horse story or a tale of the West, Gloss’s moving novel . . . is a story not soon forgotten.”
— Bookpage

“Gloss’s lyrical story follows the mesmerizing journey of 19-year-old Martha Lessen.”
— Hallmark Magazine

“The moving story of a . . . strong-willed woman bucking society’s norm to gently train horses without breaking their spirit.”
— Temple Grandin

Plan to meet on Thursday, January 9, 2025, at 5:00 PM at our church home at 407 N 1st Street, Suite 3 to share your thoughts and reactions to the novel.

Buy or borrow your book! The first week of December, Rosemary Saul will have eight copies of The Hearts of Horses from the Yakima Valley Libraries Book Club kit to distribute. Copies are also available on Kindle, with print and electronic editions available at the Yakima Valley Libraries, and from Inklings Bookshop; indicate it is a book club selection for a discount.

Book description and reviews excerpted from yvl.org and Inklings Bookshop website.

10 Plus Years of UUCY Book Club Selections

2024

November 2024 – March by Geraldine Brooks. Historical Fiction.

September 2024 – All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung. Nonfiction.

July 2024 – The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. Fiction.

May 2024 – The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are by Libby Copeland. Nonfiction.

March 2024 – The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Fiction.

January 2024 – The Bees by Laline Paull. Fiction.