January - While I Was Gone

by Sue Miller

Joey, a veterinarian married for twenty-five years to her minister husband Daniel, has to rethink her old ideas about love, family, and work, when she reconnects with an old housemate from her youth. She experiences the heartbreaking process of growing old and letting go by examining her past and the new life she has made for herself.

December - The Help

by Kathryn Stockett

The book for December takes place in 1962 in Mississippi and the civil rights movement is about to change the lives of three women. It forever changes their town and the way the women, both black and white, aswell as mothers and daughters, view one another.

October - Wednesday Letters

by Jason Wright

An older couple, married for 39 years, pass away on the same night. After their death, their three children find a collection of letters that their father had written to their mother letters ever single Wednesday of their entire married life.

September- Shanghai Girls

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Enjoyed this book, brought back memories of our trip to China last year. Shanghai is as much different today, as I hope, our attitudes!