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Fourth Monday Readers

Every fourth Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. join these spirited discussions of specially selected books. The group meets in the "living room" area of the Fiction Room. Copies of the books will be available at the library and through our interlibrary loan system. For scheduled discussions and book titles see below.

For August 23 the selection is Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. From the first married couple to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism, here is a passionate call to arms against the oppression of women around the globe. ---- check the library's catalog
The selection for September 27 is Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese. Two brothers, born in Ethiopia to a beautiful Indian nun, are forever linked through love for the same woman and a passion for medicine. A powerful, multi-generational saga. ---- check the library's catalog

Classics and Contemporary

Join this morning book discussion group that meets in the Small Meeting Room on the second Tuesday of each month between 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. for refreshments and discussions of classic and contemporary titles.

The group will not meet in August.
Join us on September 14 for a discussion of Shirley Hazzard's, The Bay of Noon, a classic tale of a young Englishwoman in Naples. Jenny relocates in order to escape her past, but finds new challenges as she becomes entangled int he passionate lives of her Italian friends. ---- check the library's catalog
October 12 we will meet to discuss Evelyn Waugh's, Scoop. A delicious satire on newspaper journalists in the tale of one William Boot, accidentally thrust into the limelight as foreign correspondent to cover a reputed war in some imagined African country. ---- check the library's catalog

Great Books Discussion Group

The Great Books discussion group, led by Wilmette resident Arthur Arfa, meets on the first Monday of the month at 7:15 p.m. in the Small Meeting Room.

These readings are contained in a single paperback, The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program, First Series, volume 1. A copy (R 808.8 GR) is available in the Reference Room on the first floor, and a circulating copy (808.8 GR) is shelved on the lower level. If the circulating copy is checked out, you may request a reserve. To purchase a copy of the book, go to www.greatbooks.org

Senior Book Groups

The library offers two Senior Book Groups where librarians talk about and read from a variety of books both new and old. These programs are held at the Meskill Senior Center, located at the Community Recreation Center, and at Mather Place, 2801 Old Glenview Road. Both groups meet for one hour, and newcomers are always welcome.

The Meskill Senior Center group meets at 10:30 a.m. on the first Friday of every month from September through June.

The Mather Place group meets at 10:30 a.m. on the second Friday of each month from September through June.

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