March Book Club Returns to the Twenty-First Century
The book club members had a good time and were in good company for the February 17 discussion of William Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identity, Twelfth Night. We were pleased to welcome back some former members, and we certainly hope that they’ll return—and bring their friends.
This month, we return to the twenty-first century—thank goodness—that Shakespearean language was quite a chore!
The following selections were decided on through July, 2008:
March 16 Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran
Three sisters escape the Iranian revolution and open a café in a small Irish village.
April 20 Three Junes by Julia Glass
The tale of several central and connected characters during three separate Junes spanning 10 years.
May 18 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
A powerful, harrowing depiction of Afghanistan, where women are agonizingly dependent on fathers, husbands, and especially sons, the bearing of male children being their sole path to social status.
June 15 Annie Freeman’s Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish
A tale that tracks five strangers who become soul mates over the course of a funeral, posthumously organized by their mutual friend Annie, who died from ovarian cancer at age 56.
July 20 The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
A hauntingly beautiful novel about two characters whose lives are woven together in such complex ways that even after the last page is turned, the reader is left to wonder what really happened.
The book club meets every third Sunday from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at The OPALGA Center, 947 Garfield, Oak Park, unless otherwise specified. All books are available through www.amazon.com. In addition, copies can be requested from the Oak Park Public Library (834 Lake St., Oak Park) or ordered from The Book Table (1045 Lake St., Oak Park). Remember, OPALGA receives a charitable donation from The Book Table for each book purchased there (regardless of whether it is a book club selection). Please let them know that you are purchasing your book as a member of OPALGA.
