July 5th Selection:

The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Winner of the Booker Prize.
The Testaments is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be read on its own or as a companion to Margaret Atwood’s classic, The Handmaid’s Tale. More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. With The Testaments, Margaret Atwood opens up the innermost workings of Gilead, as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes. 

August 2nd Selection:

Saving Monticello: The Levy Family's Epic Quest to Rescue the House that Jefferson Built by Marc Leepson

"When Thomas Jefferson died on the Fourth of July 1826 -- the nation's fiftieth birthday -- he was more than $100,000 in debt. Forced to sell thousands of acres of his lands and nearly all of his furniture and artwork, in 1831 his heirs bid a final goodbye to Monticello itself. "Saving Monticello" ...reveals the amazing story of how one Jewish family saved the house that became a family home to them for 89 years...." - University of Virginia Press

"In its own way, the story of the Levys at Monticello is as compelling as the story of Jefferson at Monticello. It’s not simply a story of how a remarkable family saved a special place, it’s a very human story—indeed, a very American story—wonderfully told."  - National Trust for Historic Preservation