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Josephine's
Book Circle
Wednesday evenings at
7 pm (first Wednesday of the month)
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Travels
Through Time: The Historical Novel Society
Wednesday
afternoons
at
2 pm |
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Melissa's
Online Book Club
Want to participate in a book club from
home? Check out our online book club with Melissa. This book
club is ongoing 24/7. |
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We
want to know! If you were going to join a book club, which would
it be? Feel free to fill out our survey
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Morning
Book Club
with Kathy Diamond
The group meets for a book review and discussion of a selected
title.
The group is led by
an animator and coffee is served.
To reserve a book on this
list, call 485-6900, or look it up and reserve it online with
our catalogue. |
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February 13, 2012
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The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Family’s Century of Art
And Loss by Edmund de Waal. |
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"In this family history, de Waal, a potter
and curator of ceramics at the Victoria & Albert Museum, describes
the experiences of his family, the Ephrussis, during the turmoil
of the 20th century. Grain merchants in Odessa, various family
members migrated to Vienna and Paris, becoming successful bankers.
In Paris, Charles Ephrussi purchased a large collection of Japanese
netsuke, tiny hand-carved figures including a hare with amber
eyes. The collection became the family's greatest legacy. After
WWII, they discovered that their maid, Anna, had preserved the
netsuke collection, which Ignace Ephrussi inherited. Today, the
netsuke reside with de Waal (descended from the family's Vienna
branch) and serve as the embodiment of his family history." |
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March 12, 2012
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Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson |
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Forced to confront the realities of life in the
21st century when he falls in love with widowed Pakistani descendant
Mrs. Ali, a retired Major Pettigrew finds the relationship challenged
by local prejudices that view Mrs. Ali, a Cambridge native, as
a perpetual foreigner. |
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April 16, 2012
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Left Neglected by Lisa Genova |
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Sarah Nickerson, a career-driven young mother, suffers
a traumatic brain injury in a car accident that leaves her unable
to perceive left-side information, a disability that causes her
to struggle through an uncertain recovery as she adapts to her
new life. |
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May 14, 2012
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Room by Emma Donoghue |
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Narrator Jack and his mother, who was kidnapped
seven years earlier when she was a 19-year-old college student,
celebrate his fifth birthday. They live in a tiny, 11-foot-square
soundproofed cell in a converted shed in the kidnapper's yard.
The sociopath, whom Jack has dubbed Old Nick, visits at night,
grudgingly doling out food and supplies. But Ma, as Jack calls
her, proves to be resilient and resourceful--and attempts a nail-biting
escape. |
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June 11, 2012
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Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin |
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African-American Constable Silas Jones must confront
his white former friend Larry Ott, who has lived under suspicion
for 20 years since a girl disappeared while on a date with him,
after another girl disappears and Larry is blamed once again. |
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July 16, 2012
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The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks |
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This book is a testament to the complexity of vision
and the brain and to the power of creativity and adaptation. |
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August 13, 2012
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Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls |
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The author presents this magnificent, true-life
novel based on her no-nonsense, resourceful, hardworking, and
spectacularly compelling grandmother. |
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Josephine's Book
Circle
Come and join Fiction Librarian Josephine Lewi for a lively
book discussion. At the end of each session, a book will be
chosen to be discussed at the next month's circle. Participation
is encouraged. Spaces are limited. For more information and
to register, please call 514-485-6900, ext. 4205.
Afternoon and evening Book Circles are offered on the following
dates
Afternoons at 2 pm (FULL)
November 9, December 14, January 18, February 15 and March 21
Evenings at 7 pm (FULL)
September 7, October 5, November 1 (New Date), December 7, January
11, February 1 and March 14
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Travels Through Time:
The Historical Novel Society
(FULL)
Wednesday at 2 pm
(on the following dates below)
Join librarian Janine West as she travels through time discovering
new authors and old worlds. Each discussion will highlight an
array of authors. Suggested reading lists will be provided.
Spaces are limited. For more information and to register, please
call 514-485-6900, ext. 4205.
Free
September 21
Royalty Rules: The Tudors
Download
The Tudors reading list in pdf format here
October
26
Marie-Antoinette and The French Revolution
Download
the Marie-Antoinette reading list in pdf format here
November 23
A Portrait of Italy: The Renaissance
Download
The Renaissance reading list in pdf format here
January 25
From Here to There: The Story of Immigration
Download The Story of Immigration reading list in pdf format
here
February 22
19th
Century Women’s Lives
Download 19th Century Women's Lives reading list in pdf format
here
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