Books on a Theme - March's theme is Ireland/Irish Authors!

Book Club where we will read from a choice of books that cover a different theme each month. This month's theme is Ireland or Irish Authors (fiction or non-fiction). March is the month of St. Patrick's Day when we all mysteriously (regardless of our heritage) celebrate all things Irish by donning green clothing and drinking green beer but there is a lot of rich, complex and troubled history of the Irish that is worth reading about.

Pick one of these books to read and discuss! If you're motivated to read more than one, go for it! If you want to read or discuss a different book not listed here on the theme, feel free to share that book with the group (*Note, there are soooo many other options besides Sally Rooney! I purposely did not include her titles here!) If you don't have time to read any of the books, but want to listen and/or partake in the discussion anyway, feel free!

• Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
• Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
• The Passion of Peace: The Movement of the Peace People in Northern Ireland by Ciaran McKeown
• Milkman by Anna Burns
• Republic of Shame: Stories from Ireland's Institutions for 'Fallen Women' by Caelainn Hogan
• Rememberings by Sinéad O'Connor
• The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue
• Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
• The Room (orThe Wonder) by Emma Donoghue
• Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
• The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan
• Dubliners by James Joyce
• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
• The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne