The Library Lunchtime Book Club | October | American Fantasy

Afternoon book club led by the Oxford Exchange Bookstore Team, held in-person at The Library in St. Pete. Join us for an afternoon book club led by the Oxford Exchange Bookstore Team! All readers are welcome! Held in person at The Library in St. Pete on the last Wednesday of every month. This book club focuses on popular, yet compelling book club novels that spark connection and conversation. Books are available in-person or online at the Oxford Exchange Bookstore . Summary "I can hardly remember the last time I read anything that brought me such pure joy.”—Ann Patchett “ American Fantasy is such a fun, delicious, big-hearted book.” –Taylor Jenkins Reid “You will feel so understood by this novel.” –Rainbow Rowell From New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow , an irresistible story about what happens when your teenage fantasy comes true after you’re already an adult. When the American Fantasy cruise ship sets sail for a four-day themed voyage, aboard are all five members of a famous 1990s boyband, and three thousand screaming women who have worshipped them for thirty years. Newly divorced and with an empty nest, Annie is on board as a lark to appease her sister. Once a diehard fan of the band as a teen, her tastes have matured, and she feels out of place amid the sea of bedazzled, air-brushed t-shirts bearing the singers’ faces. Yet when the lights come up and the idols of her youth begin to sing before her, something is unlocked. “Maybe that was nostalgia after all, the music a direct vein to her childhood, the least complicated part of her life. A short cut to happiness.” Between the slushy alcoholic drinks, the music of her youth, and the thousands of middle-aged women acting like lovesick teenagers, Annie finally reconnects to a long-submerged part of herself. By the time she befriends one of the band members -- not just a celebrity but someone also in need of a friend -- she feels like anything is possible. But a lot can go wrong on a ship ruled