Monday, March 23 at 7:00pm
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Written by one of our most alluring Canadian writers. Set in post-famine Ireland, a young English nurse is hired to care for a supposedly miraculous girl — who has lived without food for four months subsisting instead on what her mother calls “manna from heaven.” The blurred lines between faith and spectacle are explored in some very arresting prose.
Monday, April 27 at 7:00pm
Five Seasons of Charlie Francis by Danica Roache
A bold, refreshing, and darkly funny debut novel about a mixed-ancestry Mi'kmaw woman balancing academia, grief, love, and new motherhood, for fans of Fleabag and Amanda Peters.
*AUTHOR APPEARANCE: Danica Roache, will be with us in-person. You don't want to miss it!
Monday, May 25 at 7:00pm
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.
Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.
All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone.
Or does he?
Monday, June 22 at 7:00pm
Liberty Street by Heather Marshall
Toronto, 1961: Emily Radcliffe works as an editorial assistant at Chatelaine magazine, surrounded by the best female reporters in the country, whose articles tackle the controversial topics no other women's publication dares to touch. When a bombshell letter from an inmate at the notorious Mercer Women's Prison lands on Emily's desk, she sees the scoop of a lifetime—one that could launch her career as a journalist. But after going undercover to investigate the inmate's shocking claims, Emily discovers that getting into the prison is the easy part; the real challenge will be getting back out . . .
Huron County, 1996: Unidentified female remains are discovered in an unmarked grave in a small-town Ontario cemetery, and Detective Rachel Mackenzie is tasked with unraveling the mystery. But when the investigation leads her to the now-shuttered Mercer Women's Prison, the family trauma she's kept buried for years threatens to surface.
Inspired by true events, Liberty Street is at once poignant and dazzling—an unforgettable, intertwining story about resilience, mental health, and the power of female connection.
Please Note:
The Book Club is off in July and August for summer break!
LAWSON LIBRARY
TEMC’s Lawson Library is a volunteer-run library with a wide variety of books to help you on your spiritual journey. You can browse our book selection from the comfort of your home at librarycat.org/lib/TEMCLibrary. On Sunday morning from 10:00-11:00AM, volunteers are on hand to help you set up your own online Library Patron account so you can sign books out whenever you want! For more information email: library@temc.ca