December's book club selection will be Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. In searching for suitable books for our club I explored reading lists online. Fingersmith was on the Orange Prize for Fiction's "50 Essential Reads by Contemporary Authors". This list oddly enough contained last months selection as well :). http://www.listsofbests.com/list/99
I'm excited about this months selection, and I am sure it will lead to some lively and opinionated discussions!!
Booklist review from Amazon.com:
From Booklist
Waters' third novel, set in Victorian England, opens when Sue Trinder, an orphan raised by a band of thieves, is recruited by Richard Rivers, a con man known as Gentleman, to help him in his quest to marry Maud Lilly, an heiress living in isolation in the country with her eccentric uncle. Maud stands to inherit a small fortune when she marries, and Gentleman intends to marry her, steal her inheritance, and imprison her in a madhouse. Sue agrees to pose as a maid to Maud and to gain her confidence. But Sue finds Maud sweet and trusting, and, to her surprise, she begins to fall in love with Maud and have serious misgivings about Gentleman's plan. But Sue only knows a small part of the scheme, and it will affect both her and Maud in ways she does not realize. The intricate plotting and startling revelations will keep the reader enthralled, rapidly turning the pages to get to the exciting conclusion. Waters' gripping, engrossing thriller would make the Victorian master of suspense, Wilkie Collins, proud. Kristine Huntley
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I was pretty excited to find this book secondhand for $0.47 on amazon.com, but it turned out that the seller I bought it from was for the same cause as us, Green Earth Books out of Portland, OR. Pretty cool, huh?
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