BOOK CLUB
The Book Club has read more than 40 books since its inception. The books cover a range of topics related to the UCDA mission of educating, celebrating, and advocating diversity and equality.
The group meets the fourth Tuesday of each month (except December) at 4 p.m. in the Cumberland Room of the Art Circle Public Library in Crossville. In addition, on the first Monday of the following month there will be a second book club meeting discussing the same book.
October Book Selection
The Women by Kristin Hannah is a historical fiction novel set during the Vietnam War. The story follows Frances “Frankie” McGrath, a young woman from a privileged California family who joins the Army Nurse Corps after her brother goes to Vietnam. As a nurse, Frankie experiences the devastating realities of war firsthand, forming deep friendships with other nurses and soldiers. When she returns home, she discovers that the country—and the people she loves—have changed, and that many Americans do not recognize or honor the sacrifices made by women who served.
The novel explores friendship, courage, trauma, patriotism, women’s military service, and the difficult journey home from war. At its heart, The Women asks us to remember that “women were there, too.”
