{"product_id":"godmothers-gather-a-booker-prize-book-club","title":"A Booker Prize Book Club","description":"\u003cp\u003e📅 \u003cstrong\u003eEvent Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMON SEP 10 @ 5:30 P.M.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e📍 Location:\u003c\/strong\u003e Godmothers\u003cbr\u003e2280 Lillie Avenue, Summerland, CA 93067\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/godmothers-gather-a-booker-prize-book-club-tickets-1998386650266\" style=\"background-color: #f05537; color: white; padding: 12px 24px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e🎫 Get Your Tickets on Eventbrite\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA rich story around the distance between people who think they’ve fostered a certain intimacy.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 20px 10px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn celebration of the 2026 Booker Prize, we’re gathering for a special one-night-only book club.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach year, the Booker Prize introduces readers to some of the most exciting fiction being written today. These are books that surprise us, challenge us, and often become part of the literary conversation for years to come. For this gathering, we’ll choose one novel from the 2026 longlist to read together, then come together to talk about the book and what makes the Booker such an enduring force in contemporary literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the book: “The Things We Never Say” by Elizabeth Strout\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtie Dam is living a double life. He spends his days teaching history to eleventh graders, expanding their young minds, correcting their casual cruelties, and lending a kind word to those who need it most. He goes to holiday parties with his wife of three decades, makes small talk with neighbors, and, on weekends, takes his sailboat out on the beautiful Massachusetts Bay. He is, by all appearances, present and alive. But inside, Artie is plagued by feelings of isolation. He looks out at a world gone mad—at himself and the people around him—and turns a question over and over in his mind: How is it that we know so little about one another, even those closest to us?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then, one day, Artie learns that life has been keeping a secret from him, one that threatens to upend his entire world. Once he learns it, he is forced to chart a new course, to reconsider the relationships he holds most dear—and to make peace with the mysteries at the heart of our existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCome having read the book and ready to discuss. Strong opinions encouraged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Godmothers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52338457968930,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/8637\/3154\/files\/0910bookclubsite.png?v=1787177763","url":"https:\/\/godmothers.com\/products\/godmothers-gather-a-booker-prize-book-club","provider":"Godmothers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}