Newsday Book Club: Join the conversation

Avid readers of Newsday's Books section online and in print can now join the lively conversation at the Newsday Book Club, launching this summer. Once a month, from June through August, we'll convene online to discuss a selected book with its author. The first pick is Alice McDermott's "Someone" (FSG), a 2013 finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction. "Someone" offers a portrait, in vivid prose snapshots, of an ordinary Irish-American girl as she grows up in Brooklyn, marries, and makes her own modest way in the world. McDermott will join us for an online chat about the novel and answer your questions on June 16 from noon to 1 p.m. To read an excerpt from "Someone,"

go to newsday.com/bookclub