GSAPP Spring Book Club

Please join Interim Dean Hart and Dr. Kelly Moore on their next reading adventure, Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan.  The book will keep you guessing until the end. Then come join them for a book club discussion over lunch!  All are welcome! Click here to sign up!

GSAPP Spring Book Club

Meeting Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Meeting time: 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Meeting Location: Nelson D340

Book We Are Reading: Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

Recommended by: Samantha Willoughby, School Psychology Student

Book Premise: A riveting novel of suspense, an unforgettable love story, and a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves.

Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising a beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in, and taking over her father's beekeeping business.

And for just a short while, these new beginnings are exactly what Olivia and Lily need. Their paths cross when Asher falls for the new girl in school, and Lily can’t help but fall for him, too. With Ash, she feels happy for the first time. Yet at times, she wonders if she can she trust him completely . . .

Then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is adamant that her son is innocent. But she would be lying if she didn’t acknowledge the flashes of his father’s temper in him, and as the case against him unfolds, she realizes he’s hidden more than he’s shared with her.