Daytime Book Club: Wild Dark Shore

About the event

Come join the Daytime Book Club as we discuss this month's book! New members are always welcome (we love meeting new people!). Registration is appreciated but not required.

This month we will discuss Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy. The description for the book is below: "Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world's largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants. Until, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman mysteriously washes ashore. Isolation has taken its toll on the Salts, but as they nurse the woman, Rowan, back to strength, it begins to feel like she might just be what they need.

Rowan, long accustomed to protecting herself, starts imagining a future where she could belong to someone again. But Rowan isn't telling the whole truth about why she set out for Shearwater. And when she discovers sabotaged radios and a freshly dug grave, she realizes Dominic is keeping his own secrets. As the storms on Shearwater gather force, they all must decide if they can trust one another enough to protect the precious seeds in their care before it's too late--and if they can finally put the tragedies of the past behind them to create something new, together."

We look forward to seeing you all soon!

Interested in attending a future Daytime Book Club meeting? Take a look at our reading list below:

May 2026: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

June 2026: The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

July 2026: A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst

August 2026: My Friends by Fredrik Backman

September 2026: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

October 2026: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

November 2026: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

December 2026: Orbital by Samantha Harvey

January 2027: What We Can Know by Ian McEwan

February 2027: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

March 2027: Proud Shoes by Pauli Murray

April 2027: Isola by Allegra Goodman