2024 Ohio State Alumni Book Club
Read along with fellow Buckeyes!
Event description
Whether you are already an avid reader or are looking to cultivate new reading habits, this book club has something for everyone! Enjoy regular discussions with fellow alumni, learn from published experts, and share personal and professional insights.
Registration is ongoing. Join at anytime.
Cost
Membership is free. You simply need to borrow or purchase a copy of the book.
Our current selection
October –December: The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
July 1962. A Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family’s youngest child, vanishes. She is last seen by her six-year-old brother, Joe, sitting on a favorite rock at the edge of a berry field. Joe will remain distraught by his sister’s disappearance for years to come.
In Maine, a young girl named Norma grows up as the only child of an affluent family. Her father is emotionally distant, her mother frustratingly overprotective. Norma is often troubled by recurring dreams and visions that seem more like memories than imagination. As she grows older, Norma slowly comes to realize there is something her parents aren’t telling her. Unwilling to abandon her intuition, she will spend decades trying to uncover this family secret.
Previous selections
- Glory Be by Danielle Arceneaux
- By Her Own Design by Piper Huguley
- Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
- The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers
- The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston
- Dopesick by Beth Macy
- Grit by Angela Duckworth
- The Outsider by Stephen King
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
- A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
Questions
Please contact OSUAA Programs at ADV-OSUAAprograms@osu.edu