Book Club
Upcoming Meeting:
The next Book Club will be held on Thursday, March 11th, at 9:30 - 10:30 am, in the West Meeting room. Everyone is welcome. There is free child care available upon request.
Please come and discuss the book Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas. When Abigail Thomas’s husband, Rich, was hit by a car, his skull was shattered, his brain severely damaged. Subject to rages, terrors, and hallucinations—and with no memory of what he did the hour, the day, the year before—he was sent to live in a nursing facility that specializes in treating traumatic brain injuries. This tragedy is the ground on which Abigail had to build a new life. How she built that life is a story of great courage and change, of moving to a small country town, of a new family composed of three dogs, knitting, and friendship, of facing down guilt and discovering gratitude. It is also about her relationship with Rich, a man who lived in the eternal present, and the eerie poetry of his often uncanny perceptions. Please join us in discussing this interesting autobiography.
Book Club List:
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Date
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Title
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Author
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Rating
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August 2005
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Coincidences: Touched by a Miracle
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Bosco, Antoinette
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September 2005
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Do Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
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Powers, John
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October 2005
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The Red Tent
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Diamant, Anita
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November 2005
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Teresa of Avila
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Du Boulay, Shirley
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December 2005
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Dinner with a Perfect Stranger
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Gregory, David
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January 2006
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Twelve Apostolic Women
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Turpin, Joanne
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February 2006
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The Samurai’s Garden
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Tsukiyama, Gail
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Up
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March 2006
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The Kite Runner
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Hosseini, Khaled
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Up
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April 2006
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Nine Parts of Desire
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Brooks, Geraldine
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Up
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May 2006
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Mr. Blue
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Connolly, Miles
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Down
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June 2006
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Night
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Wiesel, Elie
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Up
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July 2006
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Living the Mass
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Chaput, Charles J.
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Up
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August 2006
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The Lamb’s Supper
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Hahn, Scott
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Up
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October 2006
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Staggerford
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Hassler, Jon
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Up
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November 2006
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My Sister’s Keeper
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Picoult, Jodi
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Up
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December 2006
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Fighting for Bread and Roses
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Coleman, Lynn
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Up
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January 2007
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Three Cups of Tea
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Mortenson, Greg
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7.1
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February 2007
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The Screwtape Letters
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Lewis, C.S.
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7.1
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March 2007
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Turning Points
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Phillips, James
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7.5
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April 2007
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The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
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Edwards, Kim
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8.3
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May 2007
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The Secret Life of Bees
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Kidd, Sue Monk
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8.0
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July 2007
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Women in Church History
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Turpin, Joanne
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6.4
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August 2007
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Between Two Worlds
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Salbi, Zainab
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7.9
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Sept. 2007
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Hosseini, Khaled
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8.5
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Oct/Nov 2007
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The Brothers Karamazov
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Dostoevsky
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6.5
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Dec 2007
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Left to Tell
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Ilibagiza, Imaculee
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9.0
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Feb 2008
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A Long Way Home
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Beah, Ishmael
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8.4
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March 2008
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The Holy Longing
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Rolheiser, Ronald
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8.0
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April 2008
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The Alchemist
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Coelho, Paulo
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7.8
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May 2008
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The Glass Castle
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Walls, Jeannette
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7.5
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June 2008
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Christ the Lord-Out of Egypt
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Rice, Anne
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6.5
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July 2008
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The Children’s Blizzard
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Laskin, David
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6.5
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Sept. 2008
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My Antonia
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Cather, Willa
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7.8
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Oct. 2008
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The Shack
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Young,
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6.5
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Nov. 2008
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March
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Brooks, Geraldine
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7.5
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Dec. 2008
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Snow Falling on Cedars
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Guterson, David
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7.4
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Jan. 2009
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How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
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Woods, Thomas
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7.0
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Feb. 2009
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Beach Music
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Conroy, Pat
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6.3
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March 2009
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Their Eyes Were Watching God |
Neal Hurston, Zora
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5.5
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April 2009
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Anna: Woman of Miracles
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Van Vick/Haenni
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7.0
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May 2009
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The Long Loneliness
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Day, Dorothy
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5.5
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June 2009
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Red River Rising
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Shelby
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5.7
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| July 2009 | The Good Earth | Buck, Pearl S. | 8.7 |
| August 2009 | The Year of Living Biblically | Jacobs, A.J. | 7.3 |
| Sept. 2009 | When Crickets Cry | Martin, Charlie | 6.6 |
| Oct. 2009 | The Longest Trip Home | Grogan, John | 7.0 |
| Nov. 2009 | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | Shaffer, Mary Ann | 7.2 |
| Dec. 2009 | Sons | Buck, Pearl S. | 6.0 |
| Jan. 2010 | Same Kind of Different as Me | Hall/Moore | 6.1 |
| Feb. 2010 | Life on the Rock | Cavins, Jeff | |
| March 2010 | Three Dog Life | Thomas, Abigail | |
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| May 13 | David Copperfield | Dickens, Charles | |
| June 10 | House Divided | Buck, Pearl S. |