The Burchfield Penney Book Club returns with meetings on November 3, December 1, January 5 and February 2. All books are available in the Burchfield Penney's Museum Store. Each author will be available to discuss his or her book with us and for a book signing at each book club meeting!
When Sadie looks out her window and sees her bother standing on the front lawn she knows he can't bring good news. Fidgeting over coffee with sugar and cream he explains: Their sister is gone. Three days earlier Goldie left to go shopping and she has not returned. With Goldie's disappearance as the catalyst, The First Desire takes us deep into the life of the Cohen family and Buffalo, New York, from the Great Depression to the years immediately following World War II. Shifting perspectives from siblings Sadie, Jo, Goldie, and Irving we learn of the secrets they have managed to keep hidden--and of Lillian, the beautiful woman their father took as a lover while his wife was dying. In this astonishing novel Reisman brings to life the love, grief, and desires that ultimately bind one family together.
Nancy Reisman is a Buffalo-native. She earned her master of fine arts from the University of Massachusetts and is currently associate professor of English at Vanderbilt University. Read a short story by Reisman, No Place More Beautiful, at www.Vanderbilt.edu.
Participation is free for Burchfield Penney members; general admission applies to "not yet" members.