Our next meeting of the season will be on Monday, February 3 at 10:30am at the Temple. We will discuss BENEATH A SCARLET SKY by Mark Sullivan.

Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, and falls for Anna, a beautiful widow six years his senior. In an attempt to protect him, Pino’s parents force him to enlist as a German soldier—a move they think will keep him out of combat. But after Pino is injured, he is recruited at the tender age of eighteen to become the personal driver for Adolf Hitler’s left hand in Italy, General Hans Leyers, one of the Third Reich’s most mysterious and powerful commanders. Now, with the opportunity to spy for the Allies inside the German High Command, Pino endures the horrors of the war and the Nazi occupation by fighting in secret, his courage bolstered by his love for Anna and for the life he dreams they will one day share.

As usual, we will meet after the discussion for lunch and will go to Buco Kitchen & Bar, 566 North US Highway 1, Tequesta. I would appreciate it if you would let me know (ediewolf@gmail.com or 443.223.9729) if you are coming to Book Club and/or lunch so that we can set up for the appropriate number of attendees. Looking forward to seeing you all.

Here are the books for the rest of the season:

MARCH 2: BECOMING by Michelle Obama

APRIL 6: THE WEIGHT OF INK by Rachel Kadish