JFriends Book Club

Description

Meg Waite Clayton author of Typewriter Beach “A fascinating family mystery that is begging to be unraveled … emotional, atmospheric writing … and a beautiful, deep love story.” – #1 New York Times bestseller Ana Huang / TODAY Show 1957. Isabella Giori is ten months into a standard seven-year studio contract when she auditions with Hitchcock. Just weeks later, she is sequestered by the studio’s “fixer” in a tiny Carmel cottage, waiting and dreading. Meanwhile, next door, Léon Chazan is annoyed as hell when Iz interrupts his work on yet another screenplay he won’t be able to sell, because he’s been blacklisted. Soon, they’re together in his roadster, speeding down the fog-shrouded Big Sur coast. 2018. Twenty-six-year-old screenwriter Gemma Chazan, in Carmel to sell her grandfather’s cottage, finds a hidden safe full of secrets—raising questions about who the screenwriter known simply as Chazan really was, and whether she can live up to his name. Come together to share your love of reading, learn alongside your teammates, and grow as a family. Each month, members will have the opportunity to pick a new book, host the meeting, and lead the discussion. Sign-up required. Bring snacks to share and/or BYOB.

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