BOOK CLUB
BY CHARIS TORRANCE
FALLING FORWARD by Rachel Kolisi and Zibu Sithole
You’ ve read the headlines – now it’ s time to hear her story.
Written with Zibu Sithole, Rachel Kolisi’ s deeply moving memoir takes readers beyond the public image and into the private moments that shaped her life. She traces her journey through childhood, motherhood, love, marriage, faith tested and rebuilt, loss, reinvention, and the complex reality of living under constant public scrutiny. Through it all, Rachel reflects on what it means to let go of who you were expected to be and step fully into who you are. It’ s raw, honest, and vulnerable, but also filled with hope.
ON THE SPONGE ISLANDS: LOSS AND
RESTORATION IN THE AEGEAN by Julia Martin
Julia Martin returns, this time looking at the fragile ecosystems of the Aegean. On the Sponge Islands: Loss and Restoration in the Aegean is both travelogue and a story of human ambition and its consequences told through the voices of islanders whose lives are inseparable from the sea. Through vivid encounters with Aphrodite, Lefteris, Manuel, and Zinovia, Martin uncovers a history of ecological collapse and cultural endurance. The islands bear scars of exploitation and war, yet the sea remains luminous, a reminder of resilience.
STOLEN IN DEATH by JD Robb
Multibillionaire Nathan Barrister is found dead, struck with a block of amethyst, beside a vault brimming with priceless treasures. Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her husband, Roarke, once a thief himself, spot stolen pieces among the hoard. The crime looks like a burglary gone wrong, yet only one item is missing. The vault, hidden since Barrister’ s father’ s time, exposes long‐buried secrets the family hoped to erase. Nathan was known as a good man, but his father’ s shadow looms large. Now Eve must untangle whether those secrets led to murder and if revenge or passion drove the killer.
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