Book Inn 'Book of the Month'

April 8, 2013

The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

Sage Singer has a past that makes her want to hide from the world. Sleeping by day and working in a bakery by night, she kneads her emotion into the beautiful bread she bakes. But when she strikes up an unlikely friendship with Josef Weber, a quiet man old enough to be her grandfather, and respected pillar of the community, she feels that finally, she may have found someone she can open up to.

Until Josef tells her the evil secret he's kept for sixty years. Caught between Josef's search for redemption and her shattered illusions, Sage turns to her family history and her own life for answers. As she uncovers the truth from the darkest horrors of war, she must follow a twisting trail between betrayal and forgiveness, love and revenge.

And ask herself the most difficult question she has ever faced - can murder ever be justice? Or mercy?

Book Inn book club readers say:

‘What a story. Like a tapestry with different threads finally weaving themselves into a finished picture’

‘This is the first novel that I have read by Picoult but it will not be the last!’

‘Multi-layered storytelling at it’s best’

A Year without Autumn by Liz Kessler

If you could see into the future - would you look? Jenni Green doesn't have a choice. On her way to visit her best friend, Autumn, Jenni suddenly finds she's been transported exactly one year forward in time. Now she discovers that in the year that's gone by, tragedy has struck and her friendship with Autumn will never be the same again.

But what caused the tragedy? How did Jenni skip a year? And can she find her way back to the past to try to change what lies ahead? With humour - and her customary light touch - the author of the EMILY WINDSNAP books plays a fascinating game with time, and explores the changes that take place in friendships and families in the aftermath of a disaster.

We would recommend this book for ages 8+.  A young reader says: 

‘This book is addictive....I certainly couldn’t get it out of my head!  Rated 5 out of 5 stars’.