BookTalk introduces readers to a carefully chosen, provocative selection of novels for reading and informal discussion, considering the author’s writing techniques and the character’s personal journeys. Readings include translations of books from other countries and cultures in the search for fictions that illuminate the lives and understanding of those from all across the globe.
This class focuses on Memorial Days (2025) by Geraldine Brooks. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horse and March is a memoir of grief over the sudden loss of her spouse, Tony Horwitz, also a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, who died at age 60 on Memorial Day in 2019 as he was embarking on a book tour. This moving account details how Brooks processed his death, both the bureaucratic red tape and the emotional impact. Three years into widowhood, she left her home in Martha's Vineyard to stay on a remote island off the coast of her native Australia to mourn and rebuild her life. Though spare, this heartrending memoir captures the symbiotic relationship between Brooks and Horwitz in Brooks's journey towards inner peace.
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