“We live for books.” - Umberto Eco

Please join the Campus Community Book Club for a discussion of Patti Callahan Henry's novel, "The Favorite Daughter." We will meet via Zoom on Wednesday, March 9th at 12 pm. RSVP to this notice or email mariannesciucco@sunyorange.edu for the meeting link.

About the Book

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop at Water’s End, here is a lush, heart-wrenching novel about the power of memory, the meaning of family, and learning to forgive.

Ten years ago, Lena Donohue experienced a wedding-day betrayal so painful that she fled the small town of Watersend, South Carolina, and reinvented herself in New York City. Though now a freelance travel writer, the one place she rarely goes is home - until she learns of her dad’s failing health.

Returning to Watersend means seeing the sister she has avoided for a decade and the brother who runs the family’s Irish pub and has borne the burden of his sisters’ rift. While Alzheimer’s slowly steals their father’s memories, the siblings rush to preserve his life in stories and in photographs. As his secret past brings Lena’s own childhood into focus, it sends her on a journey to discover the true meaning of home.

The book is available through the Ramapo Catskill Library System and your favorite bookseller.