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Wednesday
Night Book Group
Wednesday Night Book Group
2006-2007 reading plan
(Meeting at 7:30 in Westmoreland’s parlor)
October 11, 2006
Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl
An autobiography, “the story of a life determined, enhanced, and
defined in equal measure by a passion for food, unforgettable people,
and the love of tales well told.” Random House web site
November 8, 2006
The Known World by Edward P. Jones
The author, who lives in Washington, tells the story of a black
Virginia slaveholder, Henry Townsend, emphasizing his relationship with
his former owner and the chaos that follows Townsend’s death.
December 13, 2006
The Book of Fate by Brad Metzger
“…explores the life of a former president….a page-turning thriller
about a trusted young aide,…the death of his friend, the victim of a
crazed assassin; secrets embedded in Freemason history; and a
200-year-old code invented by Thomas Jefferson.” From a review by
Michele Norris
January 10, 2007
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
This American classic tells the story of a young American who serves
with the Italian army in WWI and falls in love with his English nurse
who dies after the two desert and escape to Switzerland.
February 14, 2007
Things Fall Apart by Nigerian author Chinua
Achabe
Achabe's first novel, published in 1958, is set in the late 1800s and
is about the life of a warrior and village hero at the time
missionaries arrive in his Ibo village. It tells about European
colonization of Africa from the view of the colonized people.
March 14, 2007
House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Chilean writer Isabel Allende's classic novel tells the story of three
generations of a family living through a century of violence and
turbulence in a Latin American country.
April 11, 2007
A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing
Agents of WWII by Sarah Helm
A biography of the secretive woman (who may have been the inspiration
for Miss Moneypenny of Ian Fleming’s James Bond series) who recruited
and trained agents who were sent to help the resistance in
France. The story includes Atkins’ efforts to discover the fate
of agents who were unaccounted for after the war.
May 9, 2007
The Day the Leader Was Killed by Naguib Mahfouz
A short novella that tells the story of a family in Egypt before and up
to the day that Anwar Sadat was assassinated.
June 13, 2007
Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier, author of
Cold Mountain
The narrator in Frazier’s second novel is an orphan who is adopted by a
Cherokee elder. The narrator witnesses Andrew Jackson’s
presidency, the Cherokee removal, the Civil War, and post-war
developments in the U.S. Based on a true story.
Summer 2007 to be discussed in September
Impeachment of a President: Andrew Johnson, the
Blacks, and Reconstruction (Reconstructing America) by Hans
Trefousse
The title says it all, doesn't it?
Last updated Friday, August 17, 2007
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