Community Church Book Group
Sponsored by the Adult Education Committee
Book Discussion Groups
The Same Book Twice!
(once in the afternoon and once in the evening!)
All readers are invited to join the Reading Group in the Fireside Room this fall starting September 14. The group will also meet October 5 and November 9 at 2 PM and again at 7 PM. Please contact Rosemary Manchester: R_manchester@comcast.net with any questions.
September: Snowflower & the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Tuesday, September 14 ? 2 - 4 pm in the Fireside Room and again from 7-8:30 PM in the Fireside Room.
A novel based on a true story about a group of women in a remote Chinese village who developed their own secret language. Lisa See is a much-beloved contemporary writer whose ancestors came from China several generations ago.
The book is available at any time in all branches of the Sonoma County Public Library. On August 1st, copies for our book group will be set aside for us at the Reference Desk of the Sebastopol Library. Identify yourself as a member of the Community Church Book Group. The book is also readily available, new and used, in bookstores and online
For omnivorous readers, Lisa See has six more excellent books. The most recent is Shanghai Girls. Lisa was a guest on Rosemary’s radio program, A Novel Idea, on KRCB 91.1 FM, to discuss Shanghai Girls and you can hear that interview at www.KRCB.org. Select “radio”, go to “podcast”, go to “Novel Idea”, scroll down to find Lisa See, Shanghai Girls.
Another good read: Leaving Mother Lake, a Girlhood at the Edge of the World by Yang Erche Namu and Christine Mathieu.
October: BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS by Sijue Dai
Tuesday, October 5 ? 2 - 4 pm in the Fireside Room and again from 7-8:30 PM in the Fireside Room.
November: THE GOOD EARTH by Pearl Buck
Tuesday, November 9 ? 2 - 4 pm in the Fireside Room and again from 7-8:30 PM in the Fireside Room.
