{"id":1726,"date":"2024-02-14T00:22:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T00:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eapld.org\/?post_type=mec-events&p=1726"},"modified":"2024-03-25T15:50:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:50:43","slug":"not-your-mothers-book-club-reads-all-these-beautiful-strangers","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/eapld.org\/index.php\/events\/not-your-mothers-book-club-reads-all-these-beautiful-strangers\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Your Mother’s Book Club Reads All These Beautiful Strangers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want some excitement in your book club? Check out \u201cNot Your Mother\u2019s Book Club\u201d from the Aurora Public Library District, where you\u2019ll get to read today\u2019s hottest books from Booktok and beyond and discuss them with readers just like you!<\/p>\n

This book club is open to anyone age 18+. Visit the Aurora or Dillsboro Public Library to pick up your copy!<\/p>\n

This month, we will be reading All These Beautiful Strangers<\/a><\/em> by Elizabeth Klehfoth.\"All<\/a><\/p>\n

A young woman haunted by a family tragedy is caught up in a dangerous web of lies and deception involving a secret society in this highly charged, addictive psychological thriller that combines the dishy gamesmanship of Gossip Girl with the murky atmosphere of The Secret History.<\/em><\/p>\n

One summer day, Grace Fairchild, the beautiful young wife of real estate mogul Alistair Calloway, vanished from the family\u2019s lake house without a trace, leaving behind her seven-year-old daughter, Charlie, and a slew of unanswered questions.<\/em><\/p>\n

Years later, seventeen-year-old Charlie still struggles with the dark legacy of her family name and the mystery surrounding her mother. Determined to finally let go of the past, she throws herself into life at Knollwood, the prestigious New England school she attends. Charlie quickly becomes friends with Knollwood\u2019s “it” crowd.<\/em><\/p>\n

Charlie has also been tapped by the A\u2019s\u2014the school\u2019s elite secret society well known for terrorizing the faculty, administration, and their enemies. To become a member of the A\u2019s, Charlie must play The Game, a semester-long, diabolical high-stakes scavenger hunt that will jeopardize her friendships, her reputation, and even her place at Knollwood.<\/em><\/p>\n

As the dark events of past and present converge, Charlie begins to fear that she may not survive the terrible truth about her family, her school, and her own life.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Want some excitement in your book club? Check out \u201cNot Your Mother\u2019s Book Club\u201d from the Aurora Public Library District, where you\u2019ll get to read today\u2019s hottest books from Booktok and beyond and discuss them with readers just like you! This book club is open to anyone age 18+. Visit the Aurora or Dillsboro Public […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[252,176,435,58,436,437,259,179,178,260],"mec_category":[6],"class_list":["post-1726","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-adult-book-club","tag-adult-fiction","tag-all-these-beautiful-strangers","tag-book-club","tag-booktok","tag-elizabeth-klehfoth","tag-new-adult","tag-new-adult-fiction","tag-not-your-mothers-book-club","tag-nymbc","mec_category-adult-programs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eapld.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/1726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eapld.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eapld.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eapld.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eapld.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eapld.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eapld.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eapld.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1726"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eapld.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=1726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}