Tuesday, November 16, 2010

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

Tuesday, January 18th, 7:00 pm


The Corrections is a 2001 novel of social criticism by American author Jonathan Franzen. The satirical family drama drew widespread critical acclaim, earned Franzen a National Book Award, and was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book revolves around the troubles of the Lambert family, an elderly Midwestern couple and their three adult children and their attempts to get together for one last Christmas.

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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

Tuesday, November 16th, 7:00 pm


Drawn together by their love of books and affection for each other, the unforgettable characters of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society collectively tell a moving tale of endurance and friendship. Through the chorus of voices they have created, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows have composed a rich tale that celebrates the power of hope and human connection in the shadows of war. 


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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Tuesday, October 19th, 7:00 pm


Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them-in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul-they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation. With heart-wrenching power and suspense, Hosseini shows how a woman's love for her family can move her to shocking and heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival.A stunning accomplishment, A Thousand Splendid Suns is a haunting, heartbreaking, compelling story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love. 
(From an Amazon Online Review)

Meetings are the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm
Please pre-register by calling 419-586-4442 or emailing Connie Gray at grayco@oplin.org