{"id":42149,"date":"2021-10-20T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T11:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=42149"},"modified":"2021-10-15T16:03:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T21:03:31","slug":"octobers-celebrity-book-club-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/octobers-celebrity-book-club-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"October’s Celebrity Book Club Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a new month which means that Oprah Winfrey, Jenna Bush Hager, and Reese Witherspoon have picked new books for their book clubs! Reminder that if you join our Best Sellers Club<\/a>, these titles will automatically be put on hold for you.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Oprah Winfrey has selected\u00a0Bewilderment<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Richard Powers.<\/p>\n

Curious what Bewilderment<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is about? Check out the following description provided by the publisher:<\/p>\n

The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He\u2019s also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental neurofeedback treatment to bolster Robin\u2019s emotional control, one that involves training the boy on the recorded patterns of his mother\u2019s brain….<\/em><\/p>\n

With its soaring descriptions of the natural world, its tantalizing vision of life beyond, and its account of a father and son\u2019s ferocious love, Bewilderment marks Richard Powers\u2019s most intimate and moving novel. At its heart lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet?<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Jenna Bush Hager has selected\u00a0The Lincoln Highway<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Amor Towles.<\/p>\n

Curious what The Lincoln Highway<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>is about? Check out the following description provided by the publisher.<\/p>\n

The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America<\/em><\/p>\n

In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the work farm where he has just served a year for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett\u2019s intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother and head west where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden\u2019s car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett\u2019s future.<\/em><\/p>\n

Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view, Towles\u2019s third novel will satisfy fans of his multi-layered literary styling while providing them an array of new and richly imagined settings, characters, and themes.<\/em><\/p>\n

This book is also available in the following formats:<\/p>\n