December Book Meet: Susan Meissner - The Last Year of the War.

This month’s book choice is: Susan Meissner, The Last Year of the War.

Book description: Elise Sontag is a typical Iowa fourteen-year-old in 1943--aware of the war but distanced from its reach. Then her father, a legal U.S. resident for nearly two decades, is suddenly arrested on suspicion of being a Nazi sympathizer. The family is sent to an internment camp in Texas, where, behind the armed guards and barbed wire, Elise feels stripped of everything beloved and familiar, including her own identity.

***Please reference the group page for detailed description of the book club.

I know it's not a Christmas themed book, however the Christmas season is upon us and I would like to host a Christmas party type meet this coming month. So for those who are attending this December book club, please feel free to wear anything Christmas!

Also, I'd like to invite you guys to bring your favorite Christmas cookies. Tea, coffee, wine and drinks will be provided. The event will start at 6:30pm. Meet in the vestibule and I will let you in.

Lastly, I know things come up last minute, but please try to keep your spot if you rsvp. At the least, please communicate that you will not be able to make it. From the last event, 1 person from the rsvp list made it, and 2 extras showed up last minute.