Monday Evening with Friends Book Club: "Upstream: Selected Essays”
Reading and discussing a range of classic and current fiction and non-fiction current literary and historical fiction.
We meet the 4th Monday of the month at 6:30p.m. (Except May and December when we meet the third Monday). This is a volunteer-led book club. New members are welcome.
We are reading:
- Jan. 22: “A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father" by David Maraniss
- Feb. 26: "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver
- Mar. 25: "The History of Love" by Nicole Krauss
- Apr. 22: "The Leopard (Il Gattopardo)" by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
- May 20: “The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606” by James Shapiro
- Jun. 24: “The Covenant of Water" by Abraham Verghese
- Jul. 22: “Oh, William!” by Elizabeth Strout
- Aug. 26: “Hello Beautiful” by Ann Napolitano
- Sep. 23: “First Love and Other Stories" by Ivan Turgenev
- Oct. 28: “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon Line to Understand the Soul of a Nation” by Imani Perry
- Nov. 25: “Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home” by Nora Krug
- Dec. 16: “Upstream: Selected Essays” by Mary Oliver
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For more information, contact Lib-CentralOperations@arlingtonva.us.
- Date:
- Monday, December 16, 2024
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm
- Location:
- Glebe Room
- Library:
- Central Library
- Audience:
- Events for Adults Good for Adults Age 55+
- Categories:
- Book Discussion
- Calendar:
- Arlington Public Library
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