Book Club
The book club continues to meet each month at The OPALGA Center. In August we hope to have a special treat! Author Carol Anshaw has graciously agreed to come to Oak Park to lead the discussion of her novel Aquamarine. One of our book club members - Joyce, came up with the idea and called Carol to ask if she’d come lead our discussion. Thank you Joyce!
Selections through September 2007 are as follows:
April
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The coming of age story of Esperanza Cordero in the Hispanic quarters of Chicago.
May
Patience and Sarah by Isabelle Miller
In the early nineteenth century, in a puritanical New England town, two women fall in love.
June
Wilderness Trek by Dorothy Tell
(2nd Sunday) Kay and her life partner lead six very dissimilar women on a two-week trek into the Oszrk mountains. A sensual, suspenseful, highly entertaining story.
July
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Documents Bechdel’s childhood experiences and coming-of-age as a lesbian, and her heartbreaking relationship with her distant father, a closeted gay who ran a funeral parlor.
August
Aquamarine by Carol Anshaw
Olympic swimmer Jesse Austin is seduced and consequently edged out for a gold medal by her Australian rival.
September
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
A love story told alternately from the viewpoints of time traveler Henry and his wife, Clare.
The book club meetings take place on Sundays from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. and are held at The OPALGA Center, 947 Garfield, Oak Park. All books are available through amazon.com. In addition, copies will be made available at the Oak Park Public Library as well as at The Book Table. Remember there is a contribution to OPALGA for every novel bought at the Book Table. Just let them know you are with the OPALGA book-club meeting.
