Lunchtime Book Club to discuss "Moloka'i"

Join the fun!  Join the dialogue!  Be in the know!  Come to Wellesley Booksmith’s lunchtime book club.  Munch your food while we chew on ideas with Betty Sudarsky, unparalleled bookseller and experienced book club leader.  Bring your own lunch, head downstairs to the Used Book Cellar, and talk with your mouth full!

The book chosen for the December discussion is Moloka'i, by Alan Brennert.

Drop-ins are welcome, whether or not you've read the book!

ABOUT THE BOOK
This richly imagined novel, set in Hawai'i more than a century ago, is an extraordinary epic of a little-known time and place---and a deeply moving testament to the resiliency of the human spirit.
Rachel Kalama, a spirited seven-year-old Hawaiian girl, dreams of visiting far-off lands like her father, a merchant seaman. Then one day a rose-colored mark appears on her skin, and those dreams are stolen from her. Taken from her home and family, Rachel is sent to Kalaupapa, the quarantined leprosy settlement on the island of Moloka'i. Here her life is supposed to end---but instead she discovers it is only just beginning.
With a vibrant cast of vividly realized characters, Moloka'i is the true-to-life chronicle of a people who embraced life in the face of death.

ABOUT BETTY SUDARSKY (Book Club Facilitator)
Betty Sudarsky has spent her life among books.  As an alumna of Houghton Mifflin, McGraw Hill, the Book of the Month Club, and Newtonville Books, she's been in the publishing world for 30 years.  In the last decade, Betty has developed a specialty in book clubs.  You'll often find her speaking about the history of book clubs and helping people begin, manage, maintain and rejuvenate reading groups.   Betty has a BA from Smith in literature, and an MBA from Yale in marketing.