Book Club Reading List 2011-12

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Monthly meetings are held from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the church.

September 18:   Love’s Executioner by Irvin D. Yalom.  Ten stories that reveal the psychotherapeutic process. Leifa Butrick to lead the discussion

October 9:         Blood Money  by David Ignatius.  A fictitious handling of  US/Pakistani relations.  Mary Stefaniak to lead the discussion

November 13:   The Boys of Summer  by Roger Kahn.  Non-fiction about baseball’s greats.  Ted Scher to lead the discussion

December 11:   Still Life by Louise Penny.  A mystery about a quiet, gentle town.  Fiction. Susan Comstock to lead the discussion

January 8:         The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.  Non-fiction about a woman whose cells contributed immeasurably to research. Kate Marrs to lead the discussion

February 12:     Operation Mincemeat by Ben McIntyre.  Story of a successful British deception during World War II. Cheri Briscoe to lead the discussion

March 11:         Proust and the Squid by Maryanne Wolf.  Non-fiction about the ability to read.  Bill Frink to lead the discussion

April 15:           A Secret Gift by Ted Gup. Letters written during the Great Depression.  Non-fiction. Donna Jacobson to lead the discussion

May 27:            Last Call by Daniel Okrent.  A history of prohibition.  Non-fiction.  TBA to lead discussion

QUESTIONS?   Contact katy9131athotmail [dot] com (subject: Book%20Club%20Inquiry) (Kate Marrs)