September's read

Good morning, fellow book group members!

 

Last week we met on Tuesday for book group…great discussion to sit and listen to.  J  Thanks Carol for the selection.  The overall feeling was a “sideways thumb” as we use to say on our old web page.  By the way the restaurant’s name is Niblick’s Bar & Grill (correction to the last email). 

 

 

Comments discussed:

·         One of the interesting comments interjected was the possibility that some of the potency of the book might have been lost in translation.  Interesting thought…things that make you go hmmmm. 

·         how the author used violence to get the point across.

·         How indicative of real life it was.

 

September to May, New day, same time.  

·         The vote is in and the group majority is for the third Wednesday of each month, starting in September. 

·         So the next day and time is September 15, 2010 from 5 to 7 pm at Niblick’s Bar & Grill (a.k.a. the golf course). 

·         Please remind me to have us discuss the location next time.  J

 

September’s read is…Sara’s Key.   This book is chosen by Loretta; Loretta was switched up from February as the next open spot in our list  since Connie opted not to select a title.  Presently, Mildred Johnson Library does not own this title – it is on order.  Therefore, other members who own the book offered to share.  Could the members who own a book send an email to the group.  Then the other members can know who to ask to borrow.  I will leave the scheduling to the group.

 

 

 

By Tatiana de Rosnay - St. Martin's Griffin (2008) - Paperback - 320 pages - ISBN 0312370849

A "New York Times" bestseller. Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel' d'Hiv' roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours.Paris, May 2002: On Vel' d'Hiv's 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France's past. Through her contemporary investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girl's ordeal, from that terrible term in the Vel d'Hiv', to the camps, and beyond. As she probes into Sarah's past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life. Tatiana de Rosnay offers us a brilliantly subtle, compelling portrait of France under occupation and reveals the taboos and silence that surround this painful episode. Tatiana de Rosnay was born in the suburbs of Paris and is of… more »

 

Thank you and have a nice day!

 

Tina

 

 

 

 

 

Tina Grenier
Librarian, Head of Collection Management
Mildred Johnson Library 102
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