The book club received its name from the very first book we ever read, Anne Murrow Lindberg's Gifts from the Sea. In Gifts from the Sea,
The Argonauta is an unusual creature that is not attached to itsshell at all. It is a cradle for the young, held in the mother Argonaut's arms until the egg hatches and swims away. The shellis then left behind while the mother sets out to seek a new life. The author sheds any melancholy and allows herself to be entranced by the concept of the Argonauta shell. It is freer than the other shells and is the best representation of the middle years of life. The children have gone and the mother is left to venture out to sea in search of the unknown next step.
We felt that we had reached this point in our lives, as the sea shell, Argonauta, searching for adventure. Also, we remembered the Greek myth of Jason and the Argonauts and felt that being Argonauts was a noble thing to be. Hence, the name.
We didn't have any rhyme or reason for choosing our books. They're just books we wanted to read. We didn't pick out 12 books for each month, however. We left room for us to decide later.
Our list:
Sept: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Oct: The Help by Kathryn Stocket
Nov: Still Alice by Lisa Genove
Dec: The Swan by Mary Oliver
Jan: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larson
Feb: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Mar: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
Apr: Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
May: What is the What by Dane Eggers
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