09/25/25 @ 6:00pm –
09/25/25 @ 8:00pm

Off Site

Registration is required.
Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 7:00pm

Registration end: 09/25/2025 @ 6:00pm

Our first meeting after our summer recess!

Join us once a month at Rose Vineyards for our Read Between the Vines Book Club! 

• Pick up a copy of the book at Smith or Atwater Library, or access the eBook version on Libby/Hoopla/Palace!
• Come to Rose Vineyards for a fun and lively discussion with other members in our community!

Our featured book is, Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson! 

“We can’t choose what we inherit. But can we choose who we become?

In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett’s death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. The heartbreaking tale Eleanor unfolds, the secrets she still holds back, and the mystery of a long-lost child challenge everything the siblings thought they knew about their lineage and themselves.

Can Byron and Benny reclaim their once-close relationship, piece together Eleanor’s true history, and fulfill her final request to “share the black cake when the time is right”? Will their mother’s revelations bring them back together or leave them feeling more lost than ever?

Charmaine Wilkerson’s debut novel is a story of how the inheritance of betrayals, secrets, memories, and even names can shape relationships and history. Deeply evocative and beautifully written, Black Cake is an extraordinary journey through the life of a family changed forever by the choices of its matriarch” – Goodreads.

Participants must be age 21+

Registration Required! Register online, or call 203-484-0469.