The Barnard in Washington Book Club will resume its lively meetings with a discussion of  "Such Good People" by Amy Blumenfeld (Class of 1996).  We had to delay our fall meeting, due to a combination of holidays and other scheduled Barnard events, to Sunday, November 1, 2026, from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the home of Sharon Appel Soforenko.  That will give us extra time to read the book and to come up with a list of recommendations for the rest of the year, fiction and nonfiction.  New members are always welcome!

In the novel, a college freshman's choice to protect her childhood friend Rudy results in his imprisonment. Fifteen years later, as her husband runs for local office, Rudy's parole threatens her new life, forcing an impossible choice between her past loyalties and her present family.  Kirkus Review calls it a “ highly readable story of ties that bind and skeletons…