About the Suburban Jungle Book Club:
The Suburban Jungle Book Club meets in person approximately every two months to discuss books that explore the connections between people and the natural world. Our selections often blend personal storytelling with ecological insight, highlighting themes of interdependence and environmental stewardship.
Community Partnership:
The Suburban Jungle Book Club operates in conjunction with House Finch, a supply, book, and gift shop for suburban birders, wildlife habitat hobbyists, and anyone curious about nature and wildlife right outside their door.
Suburban Jungle coordinates with House Finch on our Book Club selections, and copies of the book are available in-store at House Finch in Collingswood, or you can order online through House Finch’s online bookshop site: https://bookshop.org/lists/suburban-jungle-book-club. Kara even donates a copy of the book to our local library.
This partnership is a great example of community and supporting each other locally.
Current Book Club Selection: Heartwood
Our first book of the new year will be Heartwood by Amity Gaige. It’s novel about a woman who mysteriously disappears while hiking the Appalachian Trail.
From GoodReads: “In the heart of the Maine woods, an experienced Appalachian Trail hiker goes missing. She is forty-two-year-old Valerie Gillis, who has vanished 200 miles from her final destination. Alone in the wilderness, Valerie pours her thoughts into fractured, poetic letters to her mother as she battles the elements and struggles to keep hoping.
At the heart of the investigation is Beverly, the determined Maine State Game Warden tasked with finding Valerie, who leads the search on the ground. Meanwhile, Lena, a seventy-six-year-old birdwatcher in a Connecticut retirement community, becomes an unexpected armchair detective. Roving between these compelling narratives, a puzzle emerges, intensifying the frantic search, as Valerie’s disappearance may not be accidental.”
Our discussion of this book will take place on Thursday, Feb. 19th.
Copies of the book are already available in-store at House Finch in Collingswood, or you can order online through House Finch’s online bookshop site: https://bookshop.org/lists/suburban-jungle-book-club
Previous Book Club Selections:
Below are just a few of the books that the Suburban Jungle Book Club has read over the past few years. For a comprehensive list of all of our selections, visit House Finch’s page for our Book Club on Bookshop.org by clicking on the link. You will find descriptions and reviews of the books and can purchase online.