PARCHMENT BOOK CLUB
Meets the first Monday each month, at 7:00 pm
Talk about great books with friends -- what could be better? Join us for our next meeting, held in the Local History Room of the library.
WHAT WE'RE READING
February 1, 2010: Big Black Hole by Wilma Kahn
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PI Gayle Fisher needs to leave town fast. While she debates how to accomplish that, a new client walks in and gives her the perfect route. The case seems a little iffy, but the client insists that his sister didn't really kill herself, and he's willing to put his money on it. Gayle tucks the cash in her wallet, hops in her 10-year-old silver LeMans and heads out of town, but once she reaches the sleepy tourist village on the shores of beautiful Lake Michigan, things turn ugly.
March 1, 2010: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
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The spirit of fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon describes her murder, her surprise at her new home in heaven, and her witness to her family's grief, efforts to find the killer, and attempts to come to terms with what has happened.April 5, 2010: How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
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We usually associate the preservation of Greek and Roman learning with the Muslim world, but here Cahill brings to light the vital role also played by Irish monks and scribes during the time of St. Patrick and the Book of Kells.May 3, 2010: West with the Night by Beryl Markham
Markham's West with the Night was originally published in the early 1940s and disappeared, only to be rediscovered and reprinted in the 1980s when it became a smash hit. Though Markham is known for setting an aviation record for a solo flight across the Atlantic from East to West-hence the title-she was also a bush pilot in Africa, sharing adventures with Blor Blixen and Denys Finch-Hatton of Out of Africa fame. Hemingway, who met Markham during his safari days, dubbed the book "bloody wonderful."