{"id":46284,"date":"2023-01-13T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=46284"},"modified":"2023-01-03T12:59:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T18:59:43","slug":"januarys-celebrity-book-club-picks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/januarys-celebrity-book-club-picks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"January’s Celebrity Book Club Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a new month which means that Jenna Bush Hager and Reese Witherspoon have picked new books for their book clubs! Reminder that if you join\u00a0Simply Held<\/a>, these titles will automatically be put on hold for you.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Jenna Bush Hager has selected\u00a0Sam<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Allegra Goodman for her January pick.<\/p>\n

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

What happens to a girl\u2019s sense of joy and belonging\u2014to her belief in herself\u2014as she becomes a woman? This unforgettable portrait of coming-of-age offers subtle yet powerful reflections on class, parenthood, addiction, lust, and the irrepressible power of dreams.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a girl, and her name is Sam.\u201d So begins Allegra Goodman\u2019s moving and wise new novel.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sam is seven years old and living in Beverley, Massachusetts. She adores her father, though he isn\u2019t around much. Her mother struggles to make ends meet, and never fails to remind Sam that if she studies hard and acts responsibly, adulthood will be easier\u2014more secure and comfortable. But comfort and security are of little interest to Sam. She doesn\u2019t fit in at school, where the other girls have the right shade of blue jeans and don\u2019t question the rules. She doesn\u2019t care about jeans or rules. All she wants to climb. Hanging from the highest limbs of the tallest trees, scaling the side of a building, Sam feels free.<\/em><\/p>\n

As a teenager, Sam begins to doubt herself. She yearns to be noticed, even as she wants to disappear. When her climbing coach takes an interest in her, his attention is more complicated than she anticipated. She resents her father\u2019s erratic behavior, but she grieves after he\u2019s gone. And she resists her mother\u2019s attempts to plan for her future, even as that future draws closer.<\/em><\/p>\n

The simplicity of this tender, emotionally honest novel is what makes it so powerful. Sam by Allegra Goodman will break your heart, but will also leave you full of hope.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Reese Witherspoon has selected\u00a0The House in the Pines<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>by Ana Reyes for her January pick.<\/p>\n

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

Armed with only hazy memories, a woman who long ago witnessed her friend\u2019s sudden, mysterious death, and has since spent her life trying to forget, sets out to track down answers. What she uncovers, deep in the woods, is hardly to be believed\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n

Maya was a high school senior when her best friend, Aubrey, mysteriously dropped dead in front of the enigmatic man named Frank whom they\u2019d been spending time with all summer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Seven years later, Maya lives in Boston with a loving boyfriend and is kicking the secret addiction that has allowed her to cope with what happened years ago, the gaps in her memories, and the lost time that she can\u2019t account for. But her past comes rushing back when she comes across a recent YouTube video in which a young woman suddenly keels over and dies in a diner while sitting across from none other than Frank. Plunged into the trauma that has defined her life, Maya heads to her Berkshires hometown to relive that fateful summer\u2014the influence Frank once had on her and the obsessive jealousy that nearly destroyed her friendship with Aubrey.<\/em><\/p>\n

At her mother\u2019s house, she excavates fragments of her past and notices hidden messages in her deceased Guatemalan father\u2019s book that didn\u2019t stand out to her earlier. To save herself, she must understand a story written before she was born, but time keeps running out, and soon, all roads are leading back to Frank\u2019s cabin\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n

Utterly unique and captivating, The House in the Pines keeps you guessing about whether we can ever fully confront the past and return home.<\/em><\/p>\n

Join\u00a0Simply Held<\/a>\u00a0to have Oprah, Jenna, and Reese\u2019s adult selections automatically put on hold for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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