Yesterday our book club (originally formed by a group of young mothers in
Clintonville over 30 years ago and I joined in 2000 when I retired) selected
titles for the 2017-2018 year. I’m partial to non-fiction, so I’m excited about
this list. All will meet at Bethel Rd. Presbyterian except where noted.
September: Hero of the Empire; The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard. This will be at
Peggy's
October: Being Mortal; medicine and what matters in the end by Atul
Gawande. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDdtAiTrwt4
November: Immortal life
of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
December: Hidden
figures by Margot Lee Shetterly, now a movie. Meets at Carolyn's.
January: Worst
hard time The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust
Bowl by Timothy Egan
February: Leopard
at the door (novel) by Jennifer McVeigh
March: Bad
ass librarians of Timbuktu And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious
Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer
April: Hillbilly
Elegy; A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance (he now
lives in Columbus)
May: Cod
a biography of the fish that changed the world by Mark Kurlansky. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAmVU2WL7bY
He wrote a book about Salt, and if it’s anywhere near as good, I’m looking
forward to this one.
Tuesday, May 02, 2017
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I read Hillbilly Elegy earlier this year and was surprised at how good and how real it was. Even more surprised when I realized the author was the same age as my son! I almost wish I hadn't noticed that, it kind of changed the way I viewed the book from that point on . . . as if I thought him too young to have written such an "experience" book. I read the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks several years ago. Fascinating story, but her family . . well, I won't spoil the book.
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