Thanks to Judy Schroeder for her work in promoting the idea of the group, advertising it, developing our first list of possible books to read, and even hosting the first two meetings!
Recent participants include Jean Anderson, , Kathryn Brown, , , Cheryl Engber, Judy Holy, Galina McLaws, Norma Miller, Lou Moir, Kathy Ruesink, Judy Schroeder, Dorothy Soudakoff, Martha Wailes, Karen Watts, Gloria Westfall.
New members and "drop-ins" are always welcome! Feel free to check with any member of the group about participating.
Charter members who attended the first meeting include Jean Anderson, Allan Edmonds, Margaret Harter, Jeanette Hendry, Judy Schroeder, Martha Wailes, and Gloria Westfall.
Except where noted the group meets on the fourth Sunday of the month at 7 p.m. We meet in a downstairs activity room in the main building at the Bell Trace Retirement Community off of East 10th Street.
January 22, 2012 Note the non-standard Sunday this month! Anna Quindlen, Every Last One (paperback, 2010, 320 pp.) - Virginia Dearborn, discussion leader. Mary Beth Latham is first and foremost a mother, whose three teen-aged children come first, before her career as a landscape gardener, or even her life as the wife of a doctor. Caring for her family and preserving their everyday life is paramount. And so, when one of her sons, Max, becomes depressed, Mary Beth becomes focused on him, and is blindsided by a shocking act of violence. What happens afterwards is a testament to the power of a woman's love and determination, and to the invisible line of hope and healing that connects one human being with another.
Wednesday, February 29, at 7 p.m. - Tom French, Zoo Story (paperback, May 2011, 304 pp.). Note the special day! Leader Judy Schroeder. Tom French will attend our discussion. A Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist now on the IU faculty, French goes behind the scenes at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo in this balanced account that reveals extinction, conservation, and captivity issues in all their moral complexities. It features a memorable cast. The author introduces readers to Herman, the lovable species-confused chimpanzee who has reigned at Lowry Park for three decades, and Enshalla, whose family history was like a Greek tragedy, and her mate Eric, Sumatran tigers whose attempts at mating captivate the zoo staff. We are forced to reconsider our notions of freedom and captivity when presented with such scenarios as 11 partially sedated wild South African elephants being moved to U.S. zoos to escape slaughter at home.
Future Books for 2012 and into 2013.
Books read and discussed in 2011.
Books read and discussed in 2010.
Books read and discussed in 2009.
Books read and discussed in 2008.
Books read and discussed in 2007.
Books read and discussed in 2006.
Books read and discussed in 2005.
Books read and discussed in 2004.
Books read and discussed in 2003
Books read and discussed in 2002
Books read and discussed in 2001
Books read and discussed in 2000
Other books considered for 2008.
Books considered for 2007-2008.
Books considered for 2006-2007.
Other books considered for 2005
Other books considered for the second half of 2004.
Books considered for the first half of 2004
Books considered for the second half of 2003
Books considered for the first half of 2003
Other books considered for Fall, 2002
Books considered for Spring and Summer, 2002
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