Discover the uplifting stories by female authors that bring our community together. At The WRENS Book Club, each book is chosen with care — stories that spark conversation, inspire reflection, and remind us of the beauty of language and life.
Sloane Parker is an introverted, cardigan-wearing, book loving librarian with a well-meaning, but overbearing fiance, a wildly dysfunctional family and not a single clue about the life she really wants for herself. One fateful day she has an encounter in the library with the curdmudgeonly Arthur McLachlan, a patron universally feared by the staff. Sloane, though, enjoys her sparring match with the older man and begins to look forward to his daily visits. When Arthur suddenly stops showing up, Sloane goes in search of him against all advice from friends and even direction from her boss. What she discovers changes the course of her life, Arthur's life, and--eventually--the lives of everyone that Sloane recruits for an unlikely book club of misfits and outcasts. Despite their quirks and foibles, these disparate members find in one another not only friendship, understanding, and acceptance, but a chosen family that helps them find their true voices. Read along with us, and find your voice, too.
Author Lucy Gilmore writes upmarket women's fiction and also cozy mystery romances under the name Tamara Barry. She doesn't say which name, if either, was given to her at birth, but she is well-known under both names for books that are funny, uplifting, and leave you with a smile. She has numerous book awards to her credit, but calls herself just a "book lover" at heart. Lucy (let's just go with that) is available for book club Zooms, so if you enjoy this read, drop me a note, and I'll pursue her for a WRENS author event. She lives in Spokane, Washington, with her husband and family.
