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Sisterhood Book Discussion
Thursday, March 18, 2010
8:15 PM
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
A compelling emotional mystery in the timeless vein of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, about family secrets and the magic of books and storytelling.
Library Book Review
Sunday, April 18
Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter
by Peter Manseau
A novel of faith lost and hope found in translation, this story is at once an immigrant's epic saga, a love story for the ages, a Yiddish-inflected laughing-through-tears tour of world history for Jews and Gentiles alike.
Sisterhood Book Discussion
Thursday, April 22, 2010
On Borrowed Wings
By Chandra Prasad
One part social history, one part coming of-age tale, this is an impeccably researched first novel that transports us to 1930s Yale, showing us around through the eyes of an unlikely, appealing female narrator.
Library Book Review
Sunday, May 16, 2010
10:00 AM
Learned Optimism:
How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D.
Rabbi Rank will lead a review of Martin E.P. Seligman's book which draws on more than twenty years of clinical research to demonstrate how optimism enchances the quality of life, and how anyone can learn to practice it.
Sisterhood Book Discussion
Thursday, May 27, 2010
The Help
by Kathryn Sockett
Kathryn Stockett has magnificently written a poignant story that captures the fears and tensions of racial discrimination in segregated Jackson, Mississippi. The year is 1962, when two black maids and one white woman come together to share their stories. hoping the truth will instigate change.
Sisterhood Book Discussion
Thursday, June 24, 2010
8:15 PM
Honolulu
Alan Brennert
The story of a young Korean " picture bride" who immigrates to Honolulu in 1914.
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