The book we're pumping is…The Wisdom of the Willow
Join Pump Up the Volume, OCWW’s member book club, for its next in-person book discussion featuring member Nancy Chadwick’s poignant novel of family, sisterhood, and the natural world that binds them, The Wisdom of the Willow.
The four Dowling sisters’ differences have led them down very separate life paths… until they face a shared family crisis, one that will remind them how much stronger they are together than they are apart.
The scenes are an ode to the botanical beauty and cultural richness of Chicago, all told through lush sensory writing. The characters could be any of us, and the story could be any of ours. You are sure to find a piece of yourself in this heart-rending, endearing tale.
BIO: Nancy Chadwick is an essayist, memoirist, and novelist. After a decade in advertising and another decade in banking, she quit corporate life to write full time. She is the author of Under the Birch Tree: A Memoir of Discovering Connections and Finding Home and The Wisdom of the Willow, and her essays have appeared in The Magic of Memoir: Inspiration for the Writing Journey, Adelaide Literary Magazine, Meaningful Conflicts – The Art of Friction, Writer’s Digest, as well as articles for Write City, Brevity and About Write. She is the author of the popular Substack 'Come Sit Awhile.'
Nancy and her husband reside in Glenview, Illinois.
Questions, comments? Please contact Book Club Chair Liz Fox.
