Clarington Library Announces Spring 2025 Book Club in a Bag Kits

Clarington Library, Museums & Archives is introducing new Book Club in a Bag kits for spring 2025, adding a selection of fiction and nonfiction titles for group reading. The kits are expected to be available during the spring season, according to a notice posted on the library's website on May 21.

The Book Club in a Bag service is intended for local reading groups in Clarington. Each kit contains 12 to 13 copies of a single title, along with a discussion guide to assist book club conversations, as stated by the library.

The newly announced titles for spring 2025 are:

• Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten: A memoir describing the author’s childhood and her path to becoming a public figure. (From NoveList Plus)
• By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult: A story following two women, one contemporary and one from the Elizabethan era, both aspiring to have their works heard on the stage. (From NoveList Plus)
• A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci: Set in Virginia in 1968, the novel depicts two attorneys working together to defend a Black man amid the civil rights movement. (From NoveList Plus)
• The God of the Woods by Liz Moore: Focuses on a missing girl at a family-owned summer camp, with a connection to a previous family disappearance. (From NoveList Plus)
• Held by Anne Michaels: Explores themes of love, loyalty, and the long-term effects of trauma across generations after World War II. (From NoveList Plus)
• How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley: Features members of a senior citizens’ club and a daycare teaming up when the building that houses both is threatened with sale. (From NoveList Plus)
• James by Percival Everett: A retelling of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," focusing on Jim as he seeks freedom. (From NoveList Plus)
• The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali: Chronicles the changing friendship of two women in Iran over three decades. (From NoveList Plus)
• Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice: Set in post-apocalyptic northern Ontario, a group travels to their ancestral home searching for resources. (From NoveList Plus)
• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Follows two ranch workers searching for work during the Great Depression. (From NoveList Plus)
• We All Live Here by JoJo Moyes: Centers on a woman handling family changes after her estranged father returns. (From NoveList Plus)
• The Women by Kristin Hannah: Tells the story of a nursing student who joins the Army Nurse Corps in 1965 and faces the realities of the Vietnam War and its aftermath. (From NoveList Plus)

Summaries and further information for each book are available on the Clarington Library, Museums & Archives website. Readers can see the availability calendar and the request process on the same site.