Events

"January"
January 30th @ 6:30

Artist's model and divorcee, Helen Knightly spontaneously murders her mother, an agoraphobic now suffering from severe dementia, by suffocating her with a towel. But while her act is almost unconscious, it also seems like the fulfilment of a long-cherished, buried desire, since she spent a lifetime trying to win the love of a mother who had none to spare. Over the next twenty-four hours, Helen recalls her childhood, youth, marriage, and motherhood. Her life and the omnipresent relationship with her mother rush in at her as she confronts the choices that have brought her to that crossroads. Partly absent-mindedly, partly desperately she tries to conceal her crime, and in doing so ropes her ex-husband into the conspiracy.

Upcoming February Selection-"Half Broke Horses" by Jeanette Walls

Book Discussion Picks for 2009

Jan.	Persuasion	Austin, Jane	Carol Barlow-Clement
Feb.	Three Cups of Tea	Mortenson, Greg	Kelli Knapp
March	The Art of Happiness	The Dalai Lama	Bev Carlberg
April	East of Eden	Steinbeck, John	Chris Kerr
May	Loving Frank	Horan, Nancy	Lynn Allen
June	The Miracles of Santo Fico	Smith, D.L.	Brenda Peterson
July	The Adoration of Jenna Fox	Pearson, Mary E.	Julie Greenman
August	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Haddon, Mark	Bev Carlberg
Sept.	The Poisonwood Bible	Kingsolver, Barbara	Mary Summerson
Oct.	Freakonomics	Levitt, Stephen	Sharill Thach
Nov.	Isaac’s Storm	Larson, Eric	Debbie Penley

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January

February

The Hunger Games

The Alchemist

Edgar Sawtelle

The Room

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian

The Blood Runs Through It In My Dreams

Daughter of Fortune

The Secret Life of Bees

"Snow Flower and the Secret Fan"

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Children's Blizzard

Almost Moon

Half Broke Horses

Collins, Suzanne

Paulo Coelho

David Wroblewski

Emma Donaghue

Sherman, Alexie

Nasdijj

Allende, Isabel

Kidd, Sue Monk

See, Lisa

Rebedda Skloot

David Laskin

Alice Sebold

Jeanette Walls

Barb Kane

Debbie Penley

Mary Summerson

Kim Wilson

Beverly Carlberg

Tanya Saxton

Sharill Thach

Jennifer Senn

Kelli Knapp

Nicole Haight

Kim Wilson

Jennifer Senn

Kris Kerr

Jan.	Promise Me	Coben, Harlan	Kris Kerr
Feb.	The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo	Larsson, Steig	Tanya Saxton
Mar.	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Berendt, John	Kim Wilson
April	The Hiding Place	Boon, Corrie Ten	Nicole Haight
May	Under the Banner of Heaven	Krakauer, Jon	Lynn Allen
June	Animal, Vegetable, Miracle	Kingsolver, Barbara	Barb Kane
July	Wuthering Heights	Bronte', Emily	Carol Barlow-Clement
August	The Lost City of Z	Grann, David	Kris Kerr
September	The Help	Stockett, Kathryn	Julie Greenman
October	The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society	Barrows, Annie	Lynn Allen
November	The Great Gatsby	Fitzgerald, F. Scott	Mandy Kellogg
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