Fourth Friday Book Group
We will be reading Gate at the Stairs, by Lorrie Moore. There are 5 CD's and 20 books currently available from the Contra Costa Library. Lorrie Moore has been described as writing with "poetic precision of language." Gate at the Stairs is a sort of female coming-of-age story. It is Lorrie Moore's third novel. 
Remember -- our next meeting is after Thanksgiving! We will be meeting on November 30th, 2012.
Six-year-old Turtle Greer witnesses a freak accident at the Hoover Dam, leading to a man's dramatic rescue. But Turtle's moment of celebrity draws her into a crisis of historical proportions that will envelop not only her and her mother, Taylor, but everyone else who touched their lives in a complex web connecting their future with their past.
Facilitatress: SherrieHostess: FranNext Selection: Sheila
Our next meeting will be Friday, June 22, 2012.When artifacts from Japanese families sent to internment camps during World War II are uncovered during renovations at a Seattle hotel, a man embarks on a quest that leads to memories of growing up Chinese in a city rife with anti-Japanese sentiment.There are copies of the book, and CDs available in the library.
All Quiet on the Western Front (German: Im Westen nichts Neues) is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental stress during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the front.
The novel was first published in November and December 1928 in the German newspaper Vossische Zeitung and in book form in late January 1929. The book and its sequel, The Road Back, were among the books banned and burned in Nazi Germany. It sold 2.5 million copies in twenty-five languages in its first eighteen months in print.[1]
In 1930, the book was adapted as an Oscar-winning film of the same name, directed by Lewis Milestone.The schedule is up-to-date, and our assignments for May are as follows:
Set in Victorian London, this superb debut from British author Barnes raises the bar for historical thrillers, starting with its curious opening line: "Be warned. This book has no literary merit whatsoever."Our 12th Anniversary meeting will be on April 27th, 7:00PM.
This strong and memorable debut novel draws the reader deeply into the lives of several central characters during three separate Junes spanning ten years.We will meet on Friday, March 23rd, same bat time, same bat place.
In February, we will be reading March, by Geraldine Brooks. This was at least the second time that Donna had presented this book as a choice, so we chose it. It is the story of Mr. March, the father who was away from home during Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott. Geraldine Brooks was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for this book in 2006. Also note that G Brooks wrote People of the Book, which we read in 2009. 
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