Explore the World

Join us for a discussion of The Bear and the Nightengale by Katherine Arden.  Winter lasts most of the year at the edge of the Russian wilderness, and in the long nights, Vasilisa and her siblings love to gather by the fire to listen to their nurse’s fairy tales.  Above all, Vasya loves the story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon.  Wise Russians fear him, for he claims unwary souls, and they honor the spirits that protect their homes from evil.

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Join us for a discussion of The Cloud Atlas by Liam Callanan.  Set against the magnificent backdrop of Alaska in the waning days of World War II, The Cloud Atlas is an enthralling debut novel, a story of adventure and awakening — and of a young soldier who came to Alaska on an extraordinary, top-secret mission … and found a world that would haunt him forever.

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Join us for a discussion of The Food Explorer by Daniel Stone.  The true adventures of David Fairchild, a late-nineteenth-century food explorer who traveled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes – and thousands more – to the American plate.

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Join for a discussion of The Spirit Catches You & You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman.  The novel explores the clash between a small county hospital in California and a refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia Lee, a Hmong child diagnosed with severe epilepsy.  Lia’s parents and her doctors both wanted what was best for Lia, but the lack of understanding between them leads to tragedy.

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Join us for a discussion of The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel   In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomas discovers an old journal.  It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artifact that – if he can find it – would redefine history.  Traveling in one of Europe’s earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this strange treasure.  Part quest, part ghost story, part contemporary fable – offers a haunting exploration of great love and great loss.  Filled with tenderness, humor, and endless surprise, it takes the reader on a road trip through Portugal in the last century – and through the human soul.

Join us at Two Chefs Cafe & Market for our monthly discussion.