The perfect antidote to winter.... Reading among friends, at The Book Stall: your favorite independent book store. We have an outstanding line-up of books for discussion this winter—titles our staff and readers have recommended over and over again and our usual all-star discussion leaders. Please join us!
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010
Little Bee
by Chris Cleave
Led by Jane Levine
* “Once you have read it, you'll want to tell everyone about it. When you do, please don't tell them what happens either. The magic is in how it unfolds.” – from a reader’s description. (Mr. Cleave will be at the store on Wednesday, February 25, at 7 p.m.)
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
City of Thieves
by David Benioff
Led by Ellen Sandrock
* During the siege of Leningrad, two Russian prisoners are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful Soviet colonel to use in his daughter’s wedding cake.
Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010
A Reliable Wife
by Robert Goolrick
(In conjunction with Mr. Goodrick’s appearance in the store on Thursday, Jan. 28, at 7 p.m.)
Led by Elise Barack
* “Has a little of the Gothic feel of Daphne DuMaurier's ‘Rebecca’--complete with a dead first wife, suspicious housekeeper, and gorgeous mansion . . . ‘A Reliable Wife’ is eminently readable and should delight fans of old-fashioned Gothic romances.” ––Christian Science Monitor
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
Led by Suzanne Hales
* Three extraordinary women determined to start a movement of their own forever change a town, and the way women—mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends—view one another.
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010
White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga
Led by Judy Levine
* Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, Balram tells the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life -- having nothing but his own wits to help him along. Winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize.
Wednesday, Feb. 17
Shanghai Girls
by Lisa See, who will participate in the discussion by speaker phone
Led by Nancy Buehler
* Two sisters leave Shanghai to find new lives in 1930s Los Angeles, but when they arrive, they are detained, interrogated, and humiliated for months. Feeling the harsh reality of leaving home, the two make a pact that no one can ever know.
Thursday, Feb. 25 (note different day of the week)
Indignation
by Philip Roth
Led by Janet Stern
* In 1951, the second year of the Korean War, a studious and intense youngster from New Jersey begins his sophomore year on the pastoral, conservative campus of Ohio's Winesburg College. Far from Newark, he has to find his way amid the customs and constrictions of another American world.
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