Bookclub-in-a-Box guides the reader first across the ocean to Iran and then back to California to explore the magic of place and culture in Gina Nahai's lovely novel, Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith. In her book, Nahai tells the story of Roxanna the Angel who disappears one night when her daughter is five years old. Mother and daughter do not see each other again for thirteen long and lonely years. In the intervening time, Nahai describes the Iranian-Jewish community in the years prior to the fall of the Shah of Iran in 1979. Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith is a richly poetic and moving novel. Bookclub-in-a-Box takes the reader on an exotic journey through this little-known world where faith in love can overcome bad-luck, attempted murder, jealousy and all things that cannot be proved or explained.

"Denied by his father, abandoned by his mother, Adam has been in flight from his past for twenty years--until he returns to investigate the possible murder of his father by one of the church members."--Jacket.

Bookclub-in-a-Box Discusses People of the Book, the Novel by Geraldine Brooks. If the Sarajevo Haggadah could speak, what extraordinary stories it would tell. It has traveled through countries and centuries, where it has been used, threatened, and rescued by people of different cultures and religions. It now rests in the National Museum in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Geraldine Brooks has created a distinctive story recounting the chronicle of this very special book. Come along with Bookclub-in-a-Box and find out more about the people of the book: those who created it, owned it, and were influenced by it. The book is a physical and symbolic symbol of survival and freedom for Hannah, for the Jewish people, and for the citizens of Sarajevo. Included in this guide is historical information on the siege of Sarajevo, which lasted from 1992 to 1996. Every Bookclub-in-a-Box discussion guide also includes complete coverage of the themes and symbols, writing style, and interesting background information on the novel and the author.

A useful resource for students and educators of literary fiction. It contains sections that include: Literary Interpretation; Writing Style and Structure; Themes and Focus Points; Characaterisation; Historical Information; Novel Summary; Author Information; Images, Symbols and Metaphors; and Important Quotes.

Five-year-old Jack and his Ma live in Room, an 11 foot square shed in the backyard of their abductor and captor, Old Nick. Ma came to Room from outside, but Jack was born into it and has never known anything else. Despite their confinement, Ma creates an extraordinary situation for her son, filled with learning, creative activities, and fantastic stories like Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. But Jack is growing bigger and older. Ma knows they must somehow escape this prison. The challenge is how to do it. Their space is locked, soundproofed, and isolated. And yet, Ma and Jack have a plan that is a brave and scary. Ma and Jack succeed against many odds. The story balances their endurance outside Room with their survival tactics inside. Room is a complex and richly thematic novel told from the innocent outlook and perspective of the small Jack. Included in the discussion guide is an exclusive Bookclub-in-a-Box interview with Emma Donoghue. Every Bookclub-in-a-Box discussion guide includes complete coverage of the themes and symbols, writing style and interesting background information on the novel and the author, as well as a complementary RAG (Read-Along-Guide), a quick reference pamphlet offering interesting facts and questions to consider while reading the novel.

It’s 1962 in Jackson, Mississippi, and 22-year-old Skeeter has just graduated from Ole Miss. She comes home with a diploma, but no husband, in a world where her friends are all married and raising children, with the help of their black maids. At a time and place where the ideal white woman is petite with carefully groomed straight hair and even more carefully groomed manners, Skeeter is tall and outspoken, with wild and curly hair. Her mother wants Skeeter to wed; Skeeter wants to be a journalist. With the help of Aibileen and Minny, two of the town’s black maids willing to share their stories for the greater good, Skeeter sets out to write a book telling the maids’ stories from their point of view. But in Jackson, where a black boy is blinded for accidentally using a whites only bathroom, and Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers is shot in his driveway in front of his children, this is a dangerous undertaking. They must work in secret to protect their project, their jobs, and even their lives. Every Bookclub-in-a-Box discussion guide includes complete coverage of the themes and symbols, writing style and interesting background information on the novel and the author, as well as a complementary RAG (Read-Along-Guide), a quick reference pamphlet offering interesting facts and questions to consider while reading the novel.

A riveting and powerful story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship and an indestructible love