OE Book Club | December | THE SECRET GARDEN

Held in person at Oxford Exchange on the second Tuesday of every month. This book club focuses on literary novels that stand the test of time and inspire thoughtful discussion.

Books are available in-person at the Oxford Exchange bookstore, or purchase through our online shop.

This year, we WILL be doing our Holiday Book Swap! Please bring one of your favorite books, wrapped and unmarked, for our white elephant-style book exchange.

No worries if you forget your book the day of, we will have a few extra copies at the bookstore desk.

THE SECRET GARDEN | Frances Hodgson Burnett

In a house full of sadness and secrets, can young, orphaned Mary find happiness?
Mary Lennox, a spoiled, ill-tempered, and unhealthy child, comes to live with her reclusive uncle in Misselthwaite Manor on England’s Yorkshire moors after the death of her parents. There she meets a hearty housekeeper and her spirited brother, a dour gardener, a cheerful robin, and her wilful, hysterical, and sickly cousin, Master Colin, whose wails she hears echoing through the house at night.
With the help of the robin, Mary finds the door to a secret garden, neglected and hidden for years. When she decides to restore the garden in secret, the story becomes a charming journey into the places of the heart, where faith restores health, flowers refresh the spirit, and the magic of the garden, coming to life anew, brings health to Colin and happiness to Mary.

Book Club Titles

• January The Overstory by Richard Powers
• February All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
• March One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel José de la Concordia Garcí­a Márquez
• April Atonement by Ian McEwan
• May Dream House Laila Lalami
• June The Frieny by Sigrid Nunez
• July Jaws by Peter Benchley (50th Anniversary)
• August Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin
• September The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (100th Anniversary)
• October Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin
• November So Far Gone by Jess Walter
• December The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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