Book Discussion Group
Every Spring and Fall we host a Book Discussion Group. Each session consist of 5 or 6 Monday nights, scheduled 2 weeks apart. The library makes every effort to supply enough copies of the chosen book. We meet at 7PM and provide light refreshments and lots of conversation.
Fall Session 2011
| Fall Session Book Group – Mondays, 7PM |
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September 12
Last Night at the Lobster by O’Nan Stewart
Stewart O’Nan has been called the bard of the working class and has now crafted a frank and funny yet emotionally resonant tale set within a vivid workaday world seldom seen in contemporary fiction.
Last Night at the Lobster is a poignant yet redemptive look at what a man does when he discovers that his best might not be good enough. |
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September 26
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award
American Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award
Gripping, tragic, and densely atmospheric, Snow Falling on Cedars is a masterpiece of suspense– one that leaves us shaken and changed. |
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October 10
The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters is deeper than it appears, and is thoroughly thought-provoking. Most every reader will find elements in it to which he or she can relate. |
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October 24
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
“Beautiful . . . funny, heart-hammering, wise . . . Superb entertainment.”
–The New York Times |
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November 14,2011
The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht
“[Obreht] has a talent for subtle plotting that eludes most writers twice her age, and her descriptive powers suggest a kind of channeled genius. . . . No novel [this year] has been more satisfying.”—The Wall Street Journal |
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