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Morning
Book Club

with
Kathy Diamond

at
10:30 am

one Monday a month

Josephine's Book Circle

Wednesday evenings at
7 pm
(first Wednesday of the month)




Travels Through Time: The Historical Novel Society

Wednesday
afternoons
at
2 pm

 
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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.

 
Morning Book Club selection:
February 13, 2012
at 10:30 am
The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Family’s Century of Art And Loss by Edmund de Waal.
  "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."
   
March 12, 2012
at 10:30 am
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
  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.
   
April 16, 2012
at 10:30 am
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
  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.
   
May 14, 2012
at 10:30 am
Room by Emma Donoghue
  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.
   
June 11, 2012
at 10:30 am
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
  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.
   
July 16, 2012
at 10:30 am
The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks
  This book is a testament to the complexity of vision and the brain and to the power of creativity and adaptation.
   
August 13, 2012
at 10:30 am
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
  The author presents this magnificent, true-life novel based on her no-nonsense, resourceful, hardworking, and spectacularly compelling grandmother.
   

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

   
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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