BOOK
GROUP
The book group met and selected books for the spring.
Here’s the list for our spring meetings. We welcome all members to join us for
the following discussions:
February 2 - Home
of Kay Campbell - Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
"Half the Sky is a
passionate and persuasive plea to all of us to rise up and say "No
more!" to the seventeenth-century abuses to girls and women in the 21st
century world. This is a book that will pierce your heart and arouse your
conscience." Tom Brokaw
March 2 - Home of Carol Sullivan-Hanley - Let the Great World Spin
By Colum McCann
“Let the Great World Spin” can feel like a precursor to another novel of
colliding cultures: “The Bonfire of the Vanities,” Tom
Wolfe’s classic portrait of New York in the 1980s. But McCann’s effort is
less disciplined, more earnest, looser, rougher, more flawed but also more
soulful — in other words, more like the city itself. Jonathan Mahler (NYTimes Book Review)
April 6 - Home of Lynne O'Brien - Hotel on the Corner of
Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
"Set during one of the most conflicted and volatile times in American
history, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is an
extraordinary story of commitment and enduring hope. In Henry and Keiko, Jamie
Ford has created an unforgettable duo whose story teaches us of the power of
forgiveness and the human heart." BookBrowse
May 7 - Field Trip to
"Engrossing..... succeeds as both historical
fiction and intimate family saga." Daniel Mallory, Times Literary
Supplement