BOOK CLUB CLASSICS!

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Release date: 2008 / 562 pages
First Line: “After dark the rain began to fall again, but he had already made up his mind to go and anyway it had been raining for weeks.”
Synopsis (from back cover): Born mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life [...]

All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren
Release date: 1946 / 661 pages
First line: “Mason City. To get there you follow Highway 58, going northeast out of the city, and it is a good highway and new.”
Synopsis (from back cover): “Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men is generally considered the finest novel ever written [...]

Stop Clutter From Stealing Your Life: Discover Why You Clutter & How You Can Stop by Mike Nelson
Release date: 2008 / 244 pages
First lines: “This book is about more than just decluttering. It’s about balance. A cluttered household is an unbalanced household.”
Synopsis (from back cover): “Will You Let Cluttering Steal [...]

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Release date: 2007 / 290 pages
First line: Every smiley moon, without fail, Claire dreamed of her childhood.”
Synopsis(from back cover): “In a garden surrounded by a tall fence, tucked away behind a small house in the smallest of towns, is an apple tree rumored to bear a very special sort of [...]

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Release date: 2003 / 400 pages
First lines: “Dear Franklin, I’m unsure why one trifling incident this afternoon has moved me to write to you.  But since we’ve been separated, I may most miss coming home to deliver the narrative curiosities of my day, the way a cat might [...]