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These
groups meet for a book review and discussion of a selected title.
The groups are 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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MORNING
Book Discussion
with
Katherine Diamond
at 10 a.m.
one Monday a month
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EVENING
Book Club
with
Katherine Diamond
at 8 p.m. one Monday a month
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Book
selection: |
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May
12, 2008
at 10 a.m. |
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The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion |
May
19, 2008
at 8 p.m. |
| From one of America's iconic writers, a stunning
book of electric honesty and passion. |
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June
16, 2008
at 10 a.m. |
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The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan
Englander |
June
16, 2008
at 8 p.m. |
| In 1976 Buenos Aires, Kaddish Poznan, the outcast
son of a whore, and his wife, Lillian, are devastated by the disappearance
of their own son, Pato, which forces them into the bleak corridors
of the Ministry of Special Cases in search of the truth. |
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July
21, 2008
at 10 a.m. |
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A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev |
July
21, 2008
at 8 p.m. |
| A young, dying pigeon handler dispatches a bird
with a message for the girl he loves, while many years later,
that girl's son falls in love with a childhood friend and receives
a gift from his mother on her deathbed. |
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August
11, 2008
at 10 a.m. |
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Run by Anne Patchett |
August
18, 2008
at 8 p.m. |
| Struggling with single parenthood and a scandal
that cost him his political career, Bernard Doyle fights his disappointment
with his adopted sons' career choices before a violent event forces
the members of his family to reconsider their priorities. |
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September
8, 2008
at 10 a.m. |
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Lost City Radio by Daniel Alarcón |
September
15, 2008
at 8 p.m. |
| Imparting comfort while reading the names of missing
people to her war-ravaged listeners, radio host Norma finds her
life irrevocably changed when a young boy from a remote jungle
village provides a connection to her long-missing husband. |
