The Riverton Area Book Club has picked Dark Matter by Blake Crouch as its choice for the September 21 meeting. In this thriller family man Jason Dessen is abducted and given the chance to re-do his life in an alternative reality, one in which he is a prize-winning genius in science, not an "ordinary" college professor married with a son. Which life is Jason's real one and which is the dream?  How and why has his life taken this alternate trajectory?

On August 17 the Riverton Area Book Club will discuss Sally Field's memoir In Pieces, which was published in 2018.  With honesty and vulnerability Field writes about her childhood abuse and loneliness and how they caused her to "divide herself into pieces to survive" (NPR interview). Becoming an actress and finding her voice became her salvation. This book is an intimate look at a woman's journey of discovery and acceptance, particularly poignant in view of the #MeToo movement.

This Saturday, June 15, the Riverton Area Book Club will discuss Wild Bird, the young adult novel about Wren and her journey to understanding more about herself. She is given the name Wild Bird at the survivalist camp in Utah where she is sent by her parents to deal with anger issues.  I found the book very enlightening from a parent's perspective about how an angry child develops and looks at life.

We meet from 10 to 11am at the Riverton Area Library. Hope to see everyone!