Friends and Fiction Book Club

  G-SU24-4562 Aug
  8/21/2024
  We
  6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  Southern MN Educational Campus, Community Room
  $5.00

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Schedule

Book Title:  The Teacher by Freida McFadden (A chilling story of twisted secrets and long-awaited revenge)
Registration closes August 14.  Please enter through door #1.

Info

Do you love reading books and wish you could talk to someone about your latest read? Are you a former teacher or current teacher and want to read more consistently? Or are you someone looking for suggestions for great books and want to talk about them? Bring your passion for literature and join Cyndi Johnson and Sara Gudahl for their Book Club for ages 18+ Several different genres will be selected. Registration closes for each month one week prior to that month’s meeting. The moderators have a book list but suggestions will be taken! 

You are responsible for purchasing each book unless the Martin County Library has the book in their Book Club  Kit(*) then we will furnish up to eight copies to the group.


Updated list of titles and months:

February 21 - First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston (“Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist.”) 

March 20 - The Women by Kristin Hannah (Women can be heroes. Frankie joins the Army Corps during the Vietnam War. She is lucky, brave, broken, and lost.)

April 17 - *Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris (historical fiction with love story at the end)

May 15 - *This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger an adventure story of escape (Minnesota Indian Training School) while you keep reading, book recommendation sharing and summer book.

June - NO CLASS IN JUNE

July 17 - Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

August 21 - The Teacher by Freida McFadden (A chilling story of twisted secrets and long-awaited revenge)

September 18 - By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult (ambition, courage, and desire centers two women who are determined to create something beautiful despite the prejudices they face)

October 16 - The House on Biscayne Bay by Chanel Cleeton Historical Fiction (1940s haunted house and secrets)

November 20 - The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes (A thriller follows Maya, who has spent the past seven years recovering from the death of her best friend, Aubrey)

December 18 - If Something Happens to Me by Alex Finlay Mystery/Thriller (Five-year-old cold case warms up after two dead bodies are found)




Refund Policy

Full refunds will be given when CER cancels a class. If you cancel your registration BEFORE start date a refund for the class, less a $5 processing fee and any material costs incurred will be provided.  No refunds will be given on or after the class/event start date.

Refunds will be made only under the following conditions:

    1. If your class is filled to capacity before your registration is received.

    2. If your class is cancelled by CER.

    3. If you cancel your registration BEFORE start date, A refund for the class, less a $5 processing fee and any material costs incurred will be provided. No refunds will be given on or after the class/event start date. 



Registration Policy

Pre-registration with full payment is required, unless otherwise noted. Class sizes are limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Most registration deadlines are one week before the start of class. Decisions on whether to hold the class are made on the registration deadline date, so please register early!  Registrations preferred online at www.fairmont.k12.mn.us/o/cer, in person at the CER office, 115 South Park Street, Suite 131, or by phone (507)235-3141.

 

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Fairmont Community Education and Recreation periodically takes pictures of participants in our classes and during other sponsored activities.

These photos may be used in the community education catalog or other promotional materials. If you do not wish to have your picture taken or published, you must provide us written notice in advance.