Shaw TV & McNally Robinson Present Joanne Kelly's Bookclub
Hosted by Joanne Kelly, formerly of SHAW TV.
Want to talk books with other book lovers – but without the commitment of a regular book club? Shaw TV, Joanne Kelly and McNally Robinson Booksellers have created a new kind of book club open to everyone in Winnipeg.
We will announce a new book at the beginning of each month on Shaw TV and through McNally Robinson's The Bookseller newsletter. You simply read the book and show up at McNally the last Tuesday of the month to talk about the book. You can pick and choose the books you want to read – and the book clubs you want to attend.
The current choice is David Wroblewski's The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (Doubleday Canada).
Beautifully written and elegantly paced, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is a coming-of-age novel about the power of the land and the past to shape our lives. It is a riveting tale of retribution, inhabited by empathic animals, prophetic dreams, second sight, and vengeful ghosts.
Born mute, Edgar Sawtelle feels separate from the people around him but is able to establish profound bonds with the animals who share his home and his name: his family raises a fictional breed of exceptionally perceptive and affable dogs. Soon after his father's sudden death, Edgar is stunned to learn that his mother has already moved on as his uncle Claude quickly becomes part of their lives. Reeling from the sudden changes to his quiet existence, Edgar flees into the forests surrounding his Wisconsin home accompanied by three dogs. Soon he is caught in a struggle for survival — the only thing that will prepare him for his return home.
David Wroblewski grew up in rural Wisconsin, not far from the Chequamegon National Forest where the novel is set. He earned an MFA from the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. This is his first novel.
Pick up the book at McNally Robinson, read it over the course of the month and join us on Tuesday March 27 at 7:00 pm in the Travel Alcove for refreshments and discussion! Get in touch with Joanne through e-mail here or with John at McNally Robinson here or by calling 453-0424, ex 227 if you have any questions.
The Book Club's past choices include:
January 2011: Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd)
February 2011: Colm Toibin's Brooklyn (McClelland & Stewart)
March 2011: Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd)
April 2011: Lauren Grodstein's A Friend of the Family (Algonquin Books)
May 2011: Chris Cleave's Little Bee (Doubleday Canada)
June 2011: Chang Rae-Lee's The Surrendered (Berkley Publishing)
July 2011: Kate Grenville's The Secret River (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd)
September 2011: Tom Franklin's Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd)
October 2011: Jessica Grant's Come Thou Tortoise (Knopf Canada)
November 2011: Dave Eggers' Zeitoun (Knopf Canada)
January 2012: David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas (Knopf Canada)
February 2012: Austin Wright's Tony and Susan (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd)
March 2012: David Wroblewski's The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (Doubleday Canada)
April 2012: Alan Weisman's The World Without Us (HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd)
