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| 11.01.2011 |
Morning Book Discussion
First Monday of every month at 10 a.m.
Committed
Elizabeth Gilbert
Next meeting:
Monday, Feb 6th at 10am
Elizabeth Gilbert (author of 'Eat, Pray, Love'), when forced to consider marriag to longtime love Felipe, writes about the institution of marriage through a histoical and cultural lens. Interviewing friends, as well as people from other parts of the world, Gilbert takes us on a fascinating journey, exploring the differetn interpretations of and reasons for getting married.
"This story is essentially journalism, written by an extremely competent journalist. It doesn't pretend to be anything more than that. It's a charming narrative that ends, Shakespearean-fashion, with a happy-hearted wedding. What's not to like?" -Washington Post
Copies available at the library - inquire at either the reference or circulation desk!
Evening Book Discussion is here!
First Thursday (beginning in Jan) at 6:30 p.m.
Room
Emma Donoghue
Next meeting:
Thursday, February 2nd at 6:30 pm.
To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.
Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough...not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work.
Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another. (From the publisher.)
"[O]ne of the most affecting and subtly profound novels of the year...Not too cute, not too weirdly precocious, not a fey mothpiece fo the author's profundities, Jack expresses a poignant mixture of wisdom, love and naivete that will make you ache to save him...You need to enter this small, harrowing place prepared only to have your own world expanded." - Washington Post
Copies available at the library - inquire at either the reference or circulation desk! Snacks and refreshments available. Anyone 16 and up is welcome to join!