Dorothy Caldwell Minor, aka The Book Whisperer, discovers in bestselling author Jessica Keener’s Night Swim a coming-of-age story that puts “the fun back in dysfunctional!”

A little about Dorothy:

“I am an avid reader and also enjoy Indie and foreign movies. I retired from teaching English at Tulsa Community College after teaching as an adjunct first and then twenty-four years as a full-time faculty member. I was also involved in faculty development, planning and facilitating workshops for colleagues. I like technology and using technology to enhance learning. As an adjunct, I started a book club on campus, and it is still going strong thirty-one years later! I also belong to two other book clubs.I’ve included a picture from a Chautauqua Tea at TCC, complete with hat and brooch! I enjoy collecting vintage rhinestone brooches.”

Dorothy’s book club, Circle of Readers:

“We meet twice monthly. The first of the month, we all read a book and discuss it; the second time we meet, we discuss other books we’ve read. We enjoy inviting authors to join us! We have 20 members, and we are located in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. We enjoy reading fiction, historical fiction, memoir, nonfiction, YA.”

Dorothy’s review of Night Swim:

Let’s put the fun back in dysfunctional! Readers looking for family relationships and a coming-of-age story along with prejudice, loss, and the dangers of drug addiction. The Kunitz family appears to those looking from the outside to be the perfect family. The father is an English professor at a nearby college. While the mother is a stay-at-home mom, she has full-time live-in help to cook, clean, and help with the four children. In Night Swim, Jessica Keener has written a book which captures Sarah Kunitz’s change from childhood to adulthood. This transition does not happen at once, and Keener shows readers how that transition occurs.

After the untimely death of Mrs. Kunitz, the family spirals out of control. Professor Kunitz begins an affair with a younger colleague, leaving Sarah and her brothers without an understanding of what family means. While Sarah feels grown up, she also wishes she had her mother. In her loss, Sarah finds comfort in music and her ability to sing.

Night Swim will generate a lively discussion among book club members. Also, Jessica Keener in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the publication of Night Swim is meeting with book clubs via Zoom in all fifty states. Meeting with an author is always a boon for book clubs because the members have an opportunity to ask questions and make comments about the parts of the book that moved them the most or left them with the most questions.

Buy the book now.

Jessica Keener is available to visit with book clubs via NovelNetwork.com.

Be sure to visit Dorothy’s website, Parkdalear’s Blog, and watch for her reviews of our NovelNetwork authors featured there, and shared right here at NovelNetwork.com.