Fourth Monday Book Group

Meets on Zoom every fourth Monday at 10:00am.
All are invited to join the Fourth Monday Book Group on Zoom. The book group meets on the 4th Monday at 10:00am (book group does not meet in December). Just read the chosen book and join us ready for discussion. Listeners are always welcome too. Books are selected by the group and include a variety of fiction and nonfiction titles. See below for upcoming Zoom book group meetings. For additional information including Zoom meeting details, contact Shirley Solberg by email.

September Book

Date: Sept. 23                                  
Title: Rough Sleepers                  
Author: Tracy Kidder                        
Leader: Shirley Morrow

Nonfiction again. Dr. Jim O’Connell undertakes an urgent mission to bring healing to unhoused persons in Boston. Tracy Kidder [you may remember him from Mountains Beyond Mountains: the Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer] chronicles O’Connell’s many years of outreach. This multifaceted account details effects of abuse, illness, drugs and alcohol along with poorly designed legal, medical, and housing rules.

October Book

Date: Oct. 28                      
Title: Prophet Song
Author: Paul Lynch            
Leader: Carole Dagg

This widely acclaimed dystopian novel is set in Dublin as Ireland falls into the grip of tyranny. “Timely and unforgettable… [Lynch captures] the social and political anxieties of our moment…” according to Judges for the 2023 Booker Prize.

November Book

Date: Nov. 25                    
Title: What I am  Reading   OR  The Measure [if book set becomes available]        
Author:                    
Leader: TBA
 

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