This novel tells the story of a creole heiress, Antoinette Cosway, living in Jamaica who meets and marries an Englishman, Mr. Rochester.  Antoinette is the subject of disturbing rumours, spread by people who are familiar with her background.  Her husband’s mind is slowly poisoned against her and she slowly loses her own sanity. The Woodbridge Book club will discuss this book. Look out for reviews.

The Woodbridge Book Club will be discussing The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit by Lucette Lagnado.  This book chronicles the life of a Jewish family in Cairo, Egypt and their exodus to the New World.  Lucette Lagnado writes a memoir about her family, faith , tragedy and at times happiness.   Have a read !

March by Geraldine Brooks tells the story of the  absent father in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women.   Mr. March becomes  a Union chaplain who sees the cruelty and racism of Northern and Southern soldiers, violence that he can do nothing about, as well as an encounter with a beautiful slave he met when he was a peddlar in Connecticut.   This novel reveals  horrors and ironies of the Civil War.  Enjoy !