2025
THE
PRET-A-PORTEA
BOOK CLUB
ESTABLISHED 2017
Through the lens of novels centered on gothic, mystery, historic and romantic genres, the
PRÊT-À-PORTEA BOOK CLUB takes you on a literary tour of tea. During the year, we will celebrate the literary works of authors Laura Child, Agatha Christie, Robin Jons Gunn, Belina Jones, Antoine Laurain, and Amy Tan. Our bi-monthly meeting venues mimic the setting of each novel.
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​​​In September, join the PRÊT-À-PORTEA BOOK CLUB online via ZOOM. Enjoy the same in-person book club discussion complimented by our Book Club Tea Box. Our Book Club Tea Box includes a copy of the month’s novel, tea, reading journal, our signature mug and complimentary bookmark. Tea boxes are shipped one month prior to our meeting date. For more information, please register below.
DRINK TEA. READ BOOKS
MARCH 2025
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TEA
WITH
ELEPHANTS
BY ROBIN JONES GUNN
Ever since they met as teenagers volunteering at a conference center in Costa Rica 20 years ago, Fern Espinoza and Lily Graden have shared a close friendship, even though they live in different states. They can hardly believe it when their teen dream of traveling to Africa together becomes a reality. It's the trip of a lifetime—but life sure isn't what they thought it would be back when they were young. Along with their suitcases, each woman brings along emotional baggage that weighs heavily on them.
​Yet the people they meet and the places they experience have the power to change their hearts—but only if they surrender to the lessons God wants to teach them in this unexpected land of emerald tea fields, graceful giraffes, and rambunctious elephants.
DRINK TEA. READ BOOKS
MAY 2025
THE
KITCHEN GOD'S
WIFE
BY AMY TAN
Amy Tan was born in Oakland, California, to Chinese immigrant parents. She has described her childhood as difficult and found it hard to fit in, not feeling she conformed to either ethnic identity. Much of Tan's work draws on the lives of her family and her work is often considered to be to some extent autobiographical.
The Kitchen God's Wife's story mirrors Tan's own: the tale of Pearl, the California-born daughter of Winnie, a Chinese immigrant who fled to America to escape an abusive traditional marriage and the turmoil of war.
DRINK TEA. READ BOOKS
