Oprah Announces New Book Club Selection
By APOOO • Sep 19th, 2008 • Category: Oprah's Book Club Selection •
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So, APOOOers, Oprah recently announced her new book club selection. Did anyone of you predict what it would be? Hmmm…did any of you care? Well, we might not care, we might not read it, but I believe we can all agree that the Oprah Book Club ‘Seal of Approval’ just put this author on the map in a big way…let’s all say together…KaChing, KaChing, KaChing! Oprah still carries a lot of clout and Sarah Palin you and your red, conservative folks need to get ova yo’self that she doesn’t want you on her show…heck I don’t want you on the show…we’ve given you way too much EXPOSURE…oops I regressed…had a blue moment there…hehe. Anyway details on Oprah’s latest book provided below.
The story of Edward Sawtelle by David Wroblewski is a literary thriller with commercial legs, this stunning debut is bound to be a bestseller. In the backwoods of Wisconsin, the Sawtelle family—Gar, Trudy and their young son, Edgar—carry on the family business of breeding and training dogs. Edgar, born mute, has developed a special relationship and a unique means of communicating with Almondine, one of the Sawtelle dogs, a fictional breed distinguished by personality, temperament and the dogs’ ability to intuit commands and to make decisions. Raising them is an arduous life, but a satisfying one for the family until Gar’s brother, Claude, a mystifying mixture of charm and menace, arrives. When Gar unexpectedly dies, mute Edgar cannot summon help via the telephone. His guilt and grief give way to the realization that his father was murdered; here, the resemblance to Hamlet resonates. After another gut-wrenching tragedy, Edgar goes on the run, accompanied by three loyal dogs. His quest for safety and succor provides a classic coming-of-age story with an ironic twist. Sustained by a momentum that has the crushing inevitability of fate, the propulsive narrative will have readers sucked in all the way through the breathtaking final scenes.— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
DISCUSSION QUESTION
If you could recommend a book to Oprah for inclusion in her Book Club Selection, which one would recommend and why?
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I am watching Oprah now and she is about to speak with the author. A lady in the audience said it was good when she was finished she wanted to write the author and say thank you.
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Yeah, I’m ova at BookClubGirl trying to win a free copy…hehe.
I might get it and read it, I liked something about the author…not sure what, but a coolness of spirit or something…I will get it for sure, even though I haven’t read the last two Oprah books I bought…
angelia
If Oprah wants to recommend a good saga, I would say she should go for Standing at the Scratch LIne by Guy Johnson.
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Standing at the Scratch Line is excellent…now what about new releases…books that came out within the last 12 months…what would you recommend?