General Info, News and Updates
New members are always welcome to join in our monthly discussions. We regularly meet once a month, usually on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM at the North Plains Public Library.
Books are chosen every year by a consensus of all members. The following are our upcoming book choices and discussion dates, plus a list of some of our past book choices.
Next Meeting
May 16, 2013 – Brooklyn – by Colm Toibin
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Summary: Eilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland in the years following World War Two. Though skilled at bookkeeping, she cannot find a job in the miserable Irish economy. When an Irish priest from Brooklyn to sponsor Eilis in America — to live and work in a Brooklyn neighborhood “just like Ireland” — she decides she must go, leaving her fragile mother and her charismatic sister behind.
Eilis finds work in a department store on Fulton Street, and when she least expects it, finds love. Tony, a blond Italian from a big family, slowly wins her over with patient charm. He takes Eilis to Coney Island and Ebbets Field, and home to dinner in the two-room apartment he shares with his brothers and parents. He talks of having children who are Dodgers fans. But just as Eilis begins to fall in love with Tony, devastating news from Ireland threatens the promise of her future.
By far Tóibín’s most instantly engaging and emotionally resonant novel, Brooklyn will make readers fall in love with his gorgeous writing and spellbinding characters.
Anyone interested in joining our Book Club is invited to attend.
Upcoming Selections
June 20, 2013 – The Buddha in the Attic & When the Emperor Was Divine – by Julie Otsuka
July 18, 2013 – The Alchemist – by Paulo Coelho
August 15, 2013 – The Round House – by Louise Erdich
September 19, 2013 – The Orchardist – by Amanda Coplin
October 17, 2013 – The Razor’s Edge – by W. Somerset Maugham
November 21, 2013 – Flight Behavior – Barbara Kingsolver
December 19, 2013 – Proof of Heaven – by Eben Alexander
Past Selections
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April 18, 2013 – The Oath – by Jeffrey Toobin
March 21, 2013 – Where Lilacs Still Bloom – Jane Kirkpatrick
December 26, 2012 – The Cat’s Table – Michael Ondaatje
November 28, 2012 – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – Rebecca Skloot
October 31, 2012 – 1491 – Charles C. Mann
September 26, 2012 – Outliers – Malcolm Gladwell
August 29, 2012 – The Girl Who Fell From the Sky – Heidi Durrow
July 25, 2012 – Cocktail Hour under the Tree of Forgetfulness – Alexandra Fuller
June 27, 2012 – In the Garden of Beasts – Erik Larson
May 30, 2012 – Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides
April 25, 2012 – State of Wonder – Ann Patchett
March 28, 2012 – The Warmth of Other Suns – Isabel Wilkerson
February 29, 2012 – Cutting for Stone – Abraham Verghese
January 25, 2012 – The Imperfectionists – Tom Rachman
November 30, 2011 – Mink River – Brian Doyle
October 26, 2011 – Cutting for Stone – Abraham Verghese
October 5, 2011 – Unbroken – Laura Hillenbrand
August 31, 2011 – The Other Wes Moore – Wes Moore
July 27, 2011 – Caleb’s Crossing – Geraldine Brooks
June 29, 2011 – Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand – Helen Simonson
May 25, 2011 – Out Stealing Horses – Per Petterson
April 27, 2011 – The Help – Kathryn Stockett
March 30, 2011 – Too Close to the Falls – Catherine Gildiner
February 23, 2011 – The Whistling Season – Ivan Doig
January 26, 2011 – Life’s That Way – Jim Beaver
December 29, 2010 – The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
December 1, 2010 - Heart in the Right Place - Carolyn Jourdan
October 27, 2010 – Searching for Paradise in Parker, PA - Kris Radish
September 29, 2010 – Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet – Jamie Ford
May 26, 2010 – The Friday Night Knitting Club – Kate Jacobs
April 28, 2010 – People of the Book – Geraldine Brooks
March 31, 2010 – The Art of Racing in the Rain – Garth Stein
February 24, 2010 – Three Cups of Tea – by Greg Mortenson
January 27, 2010 – A biography of Sandra Day O’Connor (of your choosing)
December 2, 2009 – Dewey: the small-town library cat who touched the world – by Vicki Myron
October 28, 2009 – The Pleasure of My Company – by Steve Martin
September 30, 2009 – The Other – by David Guterson
August 26, 2009 – The Long Walk Home – by Will North
July 29, 2009 – The Bookseller of Kabul – by Asne Seierstad
June 24, 2009 – Crazy in Alabama – by Mark Childress
May 27, 2009 – Water For Elephants – by Sara Gruen
April 29, 2009 – An Irish Country Doctor – by Patrick Taylor
March 25, 2009 – Garden View – by Mary Freeman
February 25, 2009 – Stubborn Twig – by Lauren Kessler
January 28, 2009 – Tisha : the story of a young teacher in the Alaska wilderness – by Anne Purdy
December 31, 2008 – Cancelled
November 24, 2008 (Monday) – Forward From Here – by Reeve Lindbergh
October 29, 2008 – Frankenstein – by Mary Shelley
September 24, 2008 – Three Cups of Tea – by Greg Mortenson
August 27, 2008 – The Year of Fog – by Michelle Richmond
July 30, 2008 – The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – by Alexander McCall Smith
June 25, 2008 – Infidel – by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
May 28, 2008 – Then We Came to the End – by Joshua Ferris
April 30, 2008 – A Gathering of Finches – by Jane Kirkpatrick
March 26, 2008 – Big Stone Gap – by by Adriana Trigiani
Feb. 28, 2008 – Shadow of the Wind – by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Jan 30, 2008 – Cakes & Ale – by W. Somerset Maugham
