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Third Thursday Book Club Schedule |
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September 2010 Selection -Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by
Lorna Landvik
Book Club Meeting -
Barnes &
Noble Superstore in Clackamas Town Center |
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Synopsis
The women of Freesia Court are convinced that there is nothing
good coffee, delectable desserts, and a strong shoulder can’t fix.
Laughter is the glue that holds them together—the foundation of a
book group they call AHEB (Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons), an
unofficial “club” that becomes much more. It becomes a lifeline.
Holding on through forty eventful years, this stalwart group of
friends depicts a special slice of American life, of stay-at-home
days and new careers, of children and grandchildren, of bold
beginnings and second chances, in which the power of forgiveness,
understanding, and the perfectly timed giggle fit is the CPR that
mends broken hearts and shattered dreams. |
October 2010 Selection - The Help by Kathryn Stocket
Book Club Meeting -
Barnes &
Noble Superstore in Clackamas Town Center |
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Synopsis
Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after
graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962,
Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a
ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her
beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but
Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she
has gone. |
November 2010 Selection - Making Toast: A Family Story by Roger
Rosenblatt
Book Club Meeting -
Barnes &
Noble Superstore in Clackamas Town Center |
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Synopsis
When his daughter, Amy—a gifted doctor, mother, and wife—collapses
and dies from an asymptomatic heart condition, Roger Rosenblatt
and his wife, Ginny, leave their home on the South Shore of Long
Island to move in with their son-in-law, Harris, and their three
young grandchildren: six-year-old Jessica, four-year-old Sammy,
and one-year-old James, known as Bubbies. Long past the years of
diapers, homework, and recitals, Roger and Ginny—Boppo and Mimi to
the kids—quickly reaccustom themselves to the world of small
children: bedtime stories, talking toys, playdates, nonstop
questions, and nonsequential thought. As Roger marvels at the
strength of his son-in-law and the tenacity and skill of his wife,
a former kindergarten teacher, Roger attends each day to "the one
household duty I have mastered"—preparing the morning toast
perfectly to each child's liking. |
December/January 2010-11 Selection - Giovanni's Light: The
Story of a Town Where Time Stopped for Christmas by Phyllis
Theroux
Book Club Meeting -
Barnes &
Noble Superstore in Clackamas Town Center |
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Synopsis
Ryland Falls wasn't paradise, but there was a certain storybook
quality about the town that made visitors catch their breath. As
in a book, the order of the stories never changed. On December
first, the Chamber of Commerce always hung out the "Yuletide
Greetings" banners, the plastic Santa Claus went back on the top
of the firehouse roof, and grumpy Diane at Elwood's Market started
wearing her set of imitation reindeer antlers. Yet on this
particular Christmas, there were signs that the order of things
would change. And when it did, the people in Ryland Falls never
celebrated Christmas the same way again. |
February 2011 Selection - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and
Sweet by Jamie Ford
Book Club Meeting -
Barnes &
Noble Superstore in Clackamas Town Center |
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Synopsis
Sentimental, heartfelt….the exploration of Henry’s changing
relationship with his family and with Keiko will keep most readers
turning pages...A tender and satisfying novel set in a time and a
place lost forever, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet gives
us a glimpse of the damage that is caused by war—not the sweeping
damage of the battlefield, but the cold, cruel damage to the
hearts and humanity of individual people. Especially relevant in
today's world, this is a beautifully written book that will make
you think. And, more importantly, it will make you feel |
March 2011 Selection - Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir
of Friendship by Gail Caldwell
Book Club Meeting -
Barnes &
Noble Superstore in Clackamas Town Center |
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Synopsis
In this gorgeous, moving memoir, Pulitzer Prize–winning author
Gail Caldwell reflects on her own coming-of-age in midlife, as she
learns to open herself to the power and healing of sharing her
life with a best friend. Caldwell's greatest achievement is
describing both the very best that women can be together and the
precious things they can, if they wish, give back to one another:
power, humor, love and self-respect. |
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