Encore Book Group

"Isola" by Allegra Goodman

Date: Monday, January 25th 

Time: 1:30 - 3:00pm

Location: Downstairs at Lapham 

**Registration Opens Dec. 8th**

There is always a lively discussion!  If you get on the email list, you will be alerted to changes in the schedule or venue and book availability. To join the book group, please email Anne Sutcliffe. 

Amazon Summary 

Inspired by the real life of a sixteenth-century heroine,Isola is the timeless story of a woman fighting for survival.

Heir to a fortune, Marguerite is destined for a life of prosperity and gentility. Then she is orphaned, and her guardian—an enigmatic and volatile man—spends her inheritance and insists she accompany him on an expedition to New France. That journey takes a unexpected turn when Marguerite, accused of betrayal, is brutally punished and abandoned on a small island.

Once a child of privilege who dressed in gowns and laced pearls in her hair, Marguerite finds herself at the mercy of nature. As the weather turns, blanketing the island in ice, she discovers a faith she’d never before needed.