Book Group

Book Group regular meetings are on the 3rd Wednesday of the month in different members’ homes, with potluck and discussion, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Annual dues are $2, payable at your first meeting in cash or stamps. Members receive postal mailings and monthly email reminders for the upcoming meeting. New members always welcome. Contact Lissa Ganter, 253-1337, lissa.ganter@gmail.com for more information.

Reading List for 2018-2019

 

July 18, A Pale View of the Hills (novel) by Kazuo Ishiguro, at Kessie Warlow-Harry’s in Chesterfield

 

August 15, The Crucible (play) by Arthur Miller, at Rebecca Phelps’ summer house Monterey

 

September 19, American Pastoral (novel) by Phillip Roth, at Claire Huttlinger & Doreen Weinberger’s in Florence

 

October 17, The Shepherds Life (memoir) by James Rebanks, at Lissa Ganter’s in Amherst

 

November 14 (2nd Wednesday),  Human Voices (novel) by Penelope Fitzgerald, at Emily Wojcik’s in Leeds

 

December 19,  Aetherial Worlds: Stories (short stories) by Tatyana Tolstoya, at Marjorie Seneschal’s in Northampton

 

January 16, 2019, Sing, Unburied, Sing (novel) by Jesmyn Ward, at Linda Ssmith’s in Amherst

 

February 20, LoveSong: Becoming a Jew (autobiography) by Julius Lester, at Tilli Friedrich’s in Holyoke

 

March 20, When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing (nonfiction), by Daniel H. Pink, at Carla Cooke’s in Northampton

 

April 17, The Wine-Lover’s Daughter: A Memoir by Anne Fadiman, at Marylou Dodge’s in Easthampton

 

May 15, Lincoln in the Bardo (novel) by George Saunders, at Molly Goodwin’s in Easthampton

 

June 19, Selection and planning for 2018-2019 at Louise Walton’s in Northampton