August Book Club
When: August 17th at 7 pm
The venue has changed!
Where: The Venetian Restaurant
3663 Voltaire St, San Diego, CA 92106
Just like that, it's time for our last book club meeting of the summer. Join us as we discuss "Beneath a Scarlet Sky" by Mark Sullivan while enjoying some excellent Italian (in the spirit of the book) at Officine Buona Forchetta.
Book description from Amazon "Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, the USA Today and #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours.
Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager—obsessed with music, food, and girls—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.
Fans of All the Light We Cannot See, The Nightingale, and Unbroken will enjoy this riveting saga of history, suspense, and love."
Looking ahead: For those that like to plan ahead, book club is held on the third Tuesday of each month. The book club selection for September is The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel.
