The group is an opportunity for women of all ages and backgrounds to read and discuss works by female authors whose writings are particularly relevant to women's lives. The group focuses on ideas generated by a monthly book selection read before the meeting.
Meetings: The third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Library. Below is the book list for 2011-2012:
Aug. 16, 2011 "Beloved" by Toni Morrison
Sept. 20, 2011 "Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference" by Cordelia Fine
Oct. 18, 2011 "Fingersmith" by Sarah Waters
Nov. 15, 2011 "The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics" by Riane Eisler
Dec. 13, 2011 "Broken Soup" by Jenny Valentine, and "Indestructible" by Cristy Road
Jan. 17, 2012 "A Border Passage: From Cairo to America - A Woman's Journey" by Leila Ahmed
Feb. 21, 2012 "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
March 20, 2012 "Children and Fire: A Novel" by Ursula Hegi
April 17, 2012 "She Walks in Beauty: A Woman's Journey Through Poems" by Caroline Kennedy (Ed)
May 15, 2012 "Bossypants" by Tina Fey
June 19, 2012 "The Year We Left Home" Jean Thompson
July 17, 2012 "TheWarmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration" by Isabel Wilkerson
Alternate: "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina Garcia
Contact: Karen Folk, Priscilla Kron.