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I just joined a book club about two months ago. Now is my turn to pick our next read. Have you read anything good that would make a good pick?
The women in this group are almost all Catholic, except for one. I am looking for a book that:
is memorable
has a lot of material for discussion
can be read in a month
it is easy to find
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
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How about My Cousin, the Saint by Justin Catanoso? I just loved this book!
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Just read this one as well - it is very interesting and I enjoyed it a lot.
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That sounds like an interesting book! I have to put it on my list. Does it read like a novel?
For the book club I was looking for a novel. And something not necessarily Catholic since there is a non Catholic in the group.
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No, it's not a novel. It's part memoir, part family history, part "how saints are canonized and what it means" - if that makes sense. There are several threads that are interwoven in this book. First, there's the author's own story as a semi-lapsed Catholic who discovers that a distant Italian cousin is about to be canonized. Second, there's the story of the saint himself, Father Gaetano Catanoso, who ministered in Italy's impoverished Calabria region. Third, there's the story of how the Catholic Church canonizes any saint, as told through the author's interviews of Vatican bureaucrats and other key players. Finally, there's the story of Justin and his family, nuclear and extended, and how they react to Padre Gaetano's sainthood and come to terms with it in their own lives.
It's definitely an interesting book.
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Are you looking specifically for something religious, but not Catholic, or trying to avoid it b/c of the non-Catholic?
I've been on a CS Lewis streak this year and would recommend several of his books - Till We Have Faces, The Pilgrim's Regress (both allegories, so read like a novel, but lots to discuss), The Screwtape Letters, possibly one of the most insightful amazing books I've read on Christianity. The 3 space trilogy books are novels with a lot of deeper meaning as well.
maybe if you could give us a list of some of the previous books covered, we could give better suggestions?
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Karen,
No, I am not looking for something religious specifically- but wouldn't disregard it either. I am new to the group, but for what I have gathered they hardly ever read non fiction.
The last book we read was Molokai by Alan Brennett The story is not about Fr. Damian as I first thought but more about the life of the colony itself. It was good story with lots to discuss.
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Consider this one:
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
I just read it and loved it - it would be a great discussion book. One of my favorite parts was when one lady in the literary society discovered Jane Austen and was so mad no one had told her about Jane before. She had been reading all Bronte romances and was just overjoyed to have a happy ending for once.
Lots to ponder and learn from in this one.
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That sounds good, Melinda! I am ordering it from my library now.
I know how she feels.............I was 37 years when I "discovered" Jane Austen. Why so long???? 
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