{"id":52962,"date":"2024-08-09T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=52962"},"modified":"2024-08-05T13:45:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T18:45:18","slug":"augusts-celebrity-book-club-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/augusts-celebrity-book-club-books\/","title":{"rendered":"August’s Celebrity Book Club Books"},"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 Simply Held<\/a>, you can choose to have their selections automatically put on hold for you.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Jenna Bush Hager has selected\u00a0The Wedding People<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Alison Espach for her August pick.<\/p>\n

Curious what The Wedding People <\/em><\/strong><\/a>is\u00a0about?\u00a0Check out the following description provided by the publisher.<\/p>\n

A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She’s immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she\u2019s actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn\u2019t here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she\u2019s dreamed of coming for years\u2014she hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she\u2019s here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself. Meanwhile, the bride has accounted for every detail and every possible disaster the weekend might yield except for, well, Phoebe and Phoebe’s plan\u2014which makes it that much more surprising when the two women can\u2019t stop confiding in each other.<\/em><\/p>\n

In turns absurdly funny and devastatingly tender, Alison Espach\u2019s The Wedding People is ultimately an incredibly nuanced and resonant look at the winding paths we can take to places we never imagined\u2014and the chance encounters it sometimes takes to reroute us. –\u00a0<\/em>Henry Holt and Co.<\/p>\n

This title is also available in large print.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Reese Witherspoon has selected\u00a0Slow Dance<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Rainbow Rowell for her August pick.<\/p>\n

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

Back in high school, everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together . . . everybody but Shiloh and Cary.<\/em><\/p>\n

They were just friends. Best friends. Allies. They spent entire summers sitting on Shiloh\u2019s porch steps, dreaming about the future. They were both going to get out of north Omaha\u2014Shiloh would go to go to college and become an actress, and Cary would join the Navy. They promised each other that their friendship would never change.<\/em><\/p>\n

Well, Shiloh did go to college, and Cary did join the Navy. And yet, somehow, everything changed.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now Shiloh\u2019s thirty-three, and it\u2019s been fourteen years since she talked to Cary. She\u2019s been married and divorced. She has two kids. And she\u2019s back living in the same house she grew up in. Her life is nothing like she planned.<\/em><\/p>\n

When she\u2019s invited to an old friend\u2019s wedding, all Shiloh can think about is whether Cary will be there\u2014and whether she hopes he will be. Would Cary even want to talk to her? After everything?<\/em><\/p>\n

The answer is yes. And yes. And yes.<\/em><\/p>\n

Slow Dance is the story of two kids who fell in love before they knew enough about love to recognize it. Two friends who lost everything. Two adults who just feel lost.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the story of Shiloh and Cary, who everyone thought would end up together, trying to find their way back to the start.<\/em> – William Morrow<\/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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