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Fellow Empresses, Happy Friday!
We know your TBR list for 2024 is filling up with faves, but it’s time to reveal the new read for The Empress Book Club!
And the winner for our next read is…
The Change by Kirsten Miller
The Change is a rollicking good island yarn that feels like The Witches of Eastwick meets Big Little Lies. It’s twisty and satisfying with deep character relationships that enable each of the women to thoroughly own their eccentricities.
We’ll post the novel’s Reading Discussion Guide next, and reach out to Kirsten, the author, who is on tour for her current book but has been a good friend to The Empress during the past year.
For the spring equinox, since Hagitude came in second by a vote and as it contains such rich folklore and divine feminine mythology, we thought it might be a fitting choice for March.
Hagitude by
If you have other thoughts, just let us know below in the comments! After that, we could easily move on to Jancee Dunn’s menopause book—she may have an updated version by then!
Last thing, we are working on arranging a Zoom chat with Deanna Raybourn, author of Killers of Certain Age. Until next time…
Yours in Grandeur & Deep Sh*t,
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Purchased The Change. Excited for the group read, discussion and speaking with the author! What a treat! Thx for putting this together, Alisa. Huzzah!
Just finished Whalefall (wow what a ride) so I’m queuing up The Change tonight!