FPC Book Group

This group of Presbyterians and friends in the community has been active since January 2000. ​New members and "drop-ins" are always welcome! Feel free to check with any member of the group about participating. Contact the group at fpcbookgroup@googlegroups.com

Except where noted the group meets on the last Sunday of the month at 7:00 p.m. We meet in a downstairs meeting room in the main building at the Bell Trace Retirement Community off of East 10th Street.

NOTE: Since March, 2020, and until further notice, the group has been meeting virtually via Zoom. The required link is sent out via email. As of August, 2021, the group is beginning to meet in person. Contact the group (email above) or any member of the group for details.

Books for 2020 and Beyond​​

  • January 19, 2020 – Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge. Leader: Allan Edmonds. 

  • February 23, 2020 – Catherine Kerrison, Jefferson’s Daughters. Leader: Paul Rothrock. 

  • March 29, 2020 – Zoom meeting to discuss future programming.

  • April 26, 2020 – Tom Hanks, Uncommon Type: Some Stories. Leader: Karen Bush Watts. 

  • May 31, 2020 – Hyeon-seo Lee (with John David), The Girl with Seven Names. Leader: Kathy Brown. 

  • June 28, 2020 – Susan Quinn, Eleanor and Hick. Leader: Ginny Coombs.

  • July 26, 2020 – Lauren Wilkinson, American Spy. Leader: Becky Rusie. 

  • August 23, 2020 – Trevor Noah, Born a Crime. Leader: Lou Moir.

  • September 27, 2020 – Walter Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz. Leader: Karen Bush Watts.

  • October 25, 2020 – Lynne Olson, Madame Fourcade's Secret War. Leader: Ginny Coombs.

  • November 22, 2020 – Paul Beatty, Sellout. Leader: Allan Edmonds.

  • January 24, 2021 – Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi. Leader: Ann McEndarfer.

  • February 28, 2021 – Scott Russell Sanders, Divine Animal. Leader: Kathy Brown.

  • March 28, 2021 – Jill Lepore, These Truths. Leader: Judy Schroeder.

  • April 25, 2021 – Ann Patchett, The Dutch House. Leader: Gloria Hasler.

  • May 23, 2021 – Imani Perry, Looking for Lorraine. Leader: Martha Wailes.

  • June 27, 2021 – Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. Leader: Becky Rusie.

  • July 25, 2021 – Cara Wall, The Dearly Beloved. Leader: Paul Rothrock.

  • Aug.ust 29, 2021 – Donna Leon, Death at La Fenice. Leader: Gloria Hasler

  • September 26, 2021 – James Madison, The Ku Klux Klan in the Heartland. Leader: Allan Edmonds, with Jim Madison as guest

  • October 24, 2021 – Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half. Leader: Kathy Brown

  • November 28, 2021 – Laura Morelli, The Night Portrait. Leader: Ginny Coombs

  • January 23, 2022 – Erik Larson, The Splendid and the Vile. Leader: Lou Moir

  • February 27, 2022 – Jon Meacham, American Gospel. Leader: Gloria Hasler