Feminist Book Group

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.