BOOK CLUB - May Book - TIE BREAKER
Apr 2, 2018 9:31:42 GMT -6
Post by Risscaboobs on Apr 2, 2018 9:31:42 GMT -6
We had a tie! Vote for your favorite for May's book by Wednesday, 4/4, at 11:59PM (Central Time).
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Not Perfect – Elizabeth LaBan (304 pages - 10 hours, 38 mins audio)
Tabitha Brewer wakes up one morning to find her husband gone, leaving her no way to support herself and their two children, never mind their upscale Philadelphia lifestyle. She’d confess her situation to her friends—if it wasn’t for those dreadful words of warning in his goodbye note: “I’ll tell them what you did.”
Instead, she does her best to keep up appearances, even as months pass and she can barely put food on the table—much less replace a light bulb. While she looks for a job, she lives in fear that someone will see her stuffing toilet paper into her handbag or pinching basil from a neighbor’s window box.
Soon, blindsided by catastrophe, surprised by romance, and stunned by the kindness of a stranger, Tabitha realizes she can’t keep her secrets forever. Sooner or later, someone is bound to figure out that her life is far from perfect.
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows – Balli Kaur Jaswal (320 pages - 10 hours, 34 mins audio)
A lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women’s lives at all ages—a spicy and alluring mix of Together Tea and Calendar Girls.
Every woman has a secret life . . .
Nikki lives in cosmopolitan West London, where she tends bar at the local pub. The daughter of Indian immigrants, she’s spent most of her twenty-odd years distancing herself from the traditional Sikh community of her childhood, preferring a more independent (that is, Western) life. When her father’s death leaves the family financially strapped, Nikki, a law school dropout, impulsively takes a job teaching a "creative writing" course at the community center in the beating heart of London’s close-knit Punjabi community.
Because of a miscommunication, the proper Sikh widows who show up are expecting to learn basic English literacy, not the art of short-story writing. When one of the widows finds a book of sexy stories in English and shares it with the class, Nikki realizes that beneath their white dupattas, her students have a wealth of fantasies and memories. Eager to liberate these modest women, she teaches them how to express their untold stories, unleashing creativity of the most unexpected—and exciting—kind.
As more women are drawn to the class, Nikki warns her students to keep their work secret from the Brotherhood, a group of highly conservative young men who have appointed themselves the community’s "moral police." But when the widows’ gossip offers shocking insights into the death of a young wife—a modern woman like Nikki—and some of the class erotica is shared among friends, it sparks a scandal that threatens them all.
angelashly , bunnyfungo , rach7170 , budders , cdnfroggy , mamascarlett , pianolove , allisong , CestLaVie , rablissful , butlerfan , pearbear , tatorhead328 , 45thparallel , pippa , kittyforman , bookworm , betches , cake , nelzie , windwithfingers , roguelily , Peekaru , kclause , loves2read , scsmith , bonzo , silverspoon , oreobitsy , reginaphalange8 , criss , lupineaura , Nymeria , Radley , flat , @frank , Cher , helloerrbody , nenarene , daisy818 , ktg , coffeecoffeecoffee , sluttybigb00bz , wanderingheart , ginandtonic , northernlghts , moutonrouge , dreadpirateroberts , Taitai , haleyscott , scsmith , lucilleaustero , bearfootz , jewel , blurnette989 , NamasteBirches , byjove , pinkflamingo , fikafairy , grumpycat , cribs , elsiemae , Radley , meggriffin ; seamonster , bearfootzcontinued , @kelltothekell , onlymee , twohopes , fosterlove , Notarobot , sakura , RunsforWineandCarbs , zoeylucy , jedi , brewcitygal , flyliceandcoffee , chriskoo , @leavebritneyalone
Not Perfect – Elizabeth LaBan (304 pages - 10 hours, 38 mins audio)
Tabitha Brewer wakes up one morning to find her husband gone, leaving her no way to support herself and their two children, never mind their upscale Philadelphia lifestyle. She’d confess her situation to her friends—if it wasn’t for those dreadful words of warning in his goodbye note: “I’ll tell them what you did.”
Instead, she does her best to keep up appearances, even as months pass and she can barely put food on the table—much less replace a light bulb. While she looks for a job, she lives in fear that someone will see her stuffing toilet paper into her handbag or pinching basil from a neighbor’s window box.
Soon, blindsided by catastrophe, surprised by romance, and stunned by the kindness of a stranger, Tabitha realizes she can’t keep her secrets forever. Sooner or later, someone is bound to figure out that her life is far from perfect.
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows – Balli Kaur Jaswal (320 pages - 10 hours, 34 mins audio)
A lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women’s lives at all ages—a spicy and alluring mix of Together Tea and Calendar Girls.
Every woman has a secret life . . .
Nikki lives in cosmopolitan West London, where she tends bar at the local pub. The daughter of Indian immigrants, she’s spent most of her twenty-odd years distancing herself from the traditional Sikh community of her childhood, preferring a more independent (that is, Western) life. When her father’s death leaves the family financially strapped, Nikki, a law school dropout, impulsively takes a job teaching a "creative writing" course at the community center in the beating heart of London’s close-knit Punjabi community.
Because of a miscommunication, the proper Sikh widows who show up are expecting to learn basic English literacy, not the art of short-story writing. When one of the widows finds a book of sexy stories in English and shares it with the class, Nikki realizes that beneath their white dupattas, her students have a wealth of fantasies and memories. Eager to liberate these modest women, she teaches them how to express their untold stories, unleashing creativity of the most unexpected—and exciting—kind.
As more women are drawn to the class, Nikki warns her students to keep their work secret from the Brotherhood, a group of highly conservative young men who have appointed themselves the community’s "moral police." But when the widows’ gossip offers shocking insights into the death of a young wife—a modern woman like Nikki—and some of the class erotica is shared among friends, it sparks a scandal that threatens them all.
