The Book Club meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 1:00 pm. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, October 20. The selection for October is Aliens on the Moon, by Thomas King.
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The citizens of a small Ontario town face life-changing decisions. Bria's grandmother asks her to take her great grandmother's rosary to Edmonton and return it in person to the Pope. When she flings it into the lake, the rosary somehow hits the Pope on the cheek, thousands of miles away. It is the same rosary. How is this possible?
Thea is furious at her son for putting her in an old-age home. She should have had a daughter. A daughter would never have forced her from her home. Darlene is mixed up with the no-good petty thief Billie. When she ends up in the hospital, she finds Thea's fanny pack on the floor. Darlene needs the $265 but she also wants a reward for returning the fanny pack.
Herb has bought the drive-in movie theatre on the edge of town and has turned it into his home. He watches movies on the big screen while treating the parking lot as his personal driving range. Should he travel west to see his family on the reserve?
Nico has a Subaru whose battery keeps failing but there are no replacements in North America. Gary and Brenda from the dealership are having an affair. Richard Dock wants to set up a dating profile but has no cell phone.
Just the stuff of ordinary life except for one thing: aliens have landed on the moon. They are watching earth and earthlings. What is their plan? With the arrival of the aliens, ordinary life is upended in ways that are both hilarious and revealing. While some people fear the aliens' three-part mandate to save the planet (which might have been written by a grade 9 student in the US), others think the arrival of the aliens is a golden opportunity for a deep discount weekend at Costco that could possibly rival Amazon's Black Friday.
Club Selections for 2026-27
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride (September)
Aliens on the Moon, by Thomas King (October)
Homecoming, by Kate Morton
Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
Recipe for a Good Life, by Lesley Crewe
Still, by Joanna Cockerline
The Diamond Eye, by Kate Quinn
The Endling, by Maria Reva
The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Davie
The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus, by Emma Knight
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club, by Helen Simonson
The Phoenix Crown, by Kate Quinn and Jamie Chang
Snowroad Station, by Elizabeth Hay
Tom Lake, by Ann Patchett