COOK YOUR WAY THROUGH…
Cookbook Discussion Group on Zoom
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FALL 2026 Session:
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FULL SCHEDULE (3 PART SERIES):
TUESDAY, SEPT 1st 2026 @ 6:30pm on Zoom-
Chapters: Starters, Salads, Soups, & Sammies
TUESDAY, OCT 6th 2026 @ 6:30pm on Zoom-
Chapters: Veg, Noodles, Grains, & Surf
TUESDAY, NOV 3rd 2026 @ 6:30pm on Zoom-
Chapters: Turf, Bevs, Baking, & Making a Menu
Pick a recipe from any of the assigned chapters of the cookbook and try it out before the program. Then discuss what you liked, what you changed, what you would do differently next time. We would love to see pictures of your culinary creations! Email photos to uppermoreland@mclinc.org to share your dishes with the group at the next meeting!
Zoom Meeting Log-in information will be emailed to registered participants on or before the day of the program and posted to our bookclubs.com page
FREE copies of this title will be available to registered participants (while supplies last) starting August 1st, 2026.
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TRUE CRIME TALES
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Tuesday, November 17
@ 6:30pm on Zoom
The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne
The mesmerizing tale of a woman who must risk everything to hunt down the dangerous man who shaped her past and threatens to steal her future: her father.
Helena Pelletier has a loving husband, two beautiful daughters, and a business that fills her days. But she also has a secret: she is the product of an abduction. Her mother was kidnapped as a teenager by her father and kept in a remote cabin in the marshlands of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Helena, born two years after the abduction, loved her home in nature, and despite her father’s sometimes brutal behavior, she loved him, too…until she learned precisely how savage he could be.
More than twenty years later, she has buried her past so soundly that even her husband doesn’t know the truth. But now her father has killed two guards, escaped from prison, and disappeared into the marsh. The police begin a manhunt, but Helena knows they don’t stand a chance. Knows that only one person has the skills to find the survivalist the world calls the Marsh King–because only one person was ever trained by him: his daughter. – goodreads.com
UMFPL BOOK DISCUSSION
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♦ This event is free & open to all adults ♦
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October 28, 2026 @ 6:30pm
The Frozen River
by Ariel Lawhon
2023
When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in late-18th century Hallowell, Maine. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. Months earlier, Martha documented the details of a rape allegedly committed by two of the town’s most respected gentlemen — one of whom was the body in the ice. But when a physician undermines her conclusion, declaring the death to be an accident, Martha is forced to investigate the shocking murder on her own. Over the course of one winter, as the trial nears, and whispers and prejudices mount, Martha doggedly pursues the truth. Her diary soon lands at the center of the scandal, implicating those she loves, and compelling Martha to decide where her own loyalties lie.
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November 18, 2026 @ 6:30pm
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
1988
“The Alchemist” tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of worldly treasure. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist. His quest will lead him to riches far different — and far more satisfying — than he ever imagined. Santiago’s journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, of recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life’s path, and, most importantly, to follow our dreams.
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December 30, 2026 @ 6:30pm
The Strange Case of Jane O.
by Karen Thompson Walker
2025
In the first year after her child is born, Jane suffers a series of strange episodes: amnesia, premonitions, hallucinations, and an inexplicable sense of dread. As her psychiatrist struggles to solve the mystery of what is happening, Jane suddenly goes missing. A day later, she is found unconscious in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, in the midst of what seems to be an episode of dissociative fugue. When she comes to, she has no memory of what has happened to her. Are Jane’s strange experiences related to the stress of single motherhood, or are they the manifestation of a long-buried trauma? Why is she having visions of a young man who died 20 years ago, who warns her of a disaster ahead? Jane’s symptoms lead her psychiatrist and cause him to question everything he thought he knew about so-called reality — including events in his own life.This is a mesmerizing story about the bonds of love between a mother and child, a man and a woman, and those we’ve lost who may still be alive.