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
The child of an alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother discusses her family's nomadic upbringing, during which she and her siblings fended for themselves while their parents outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities.
October 4, 2010: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
This debut novel tells a heartwarming story of fathers and sons, first loves, fate, and the resilient human heart. Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, the times and places are brought to life.
November 1, 2010: Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
In a novel that moves back and forth between the Soviet Union during World War II and modern-day America, Marina, an elderly Russian woman, recalls vivid images of her youth during the height of the siege of Leningrad.