Open Book Group BOOKLIST FOR 2016-2017
Open Book Group BOOKLIST FOR 2016-2017 Meets 9:00 a.m. Third Thursdays at First Presbyterian Church with coffee, tea & goodies; begins discussion at 9:30 a.m. ALL WELCOME ! (Book read or not!) TITLE
AUTHOR
The Son
Jo Nesbo
84 Charing Cross Road/The Dutchess of Bloomsbury St. Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People I see Satan Fall Like Lightening The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
Between the World and Me
Helene Hanff
Nadia Bolz-Weber Rene Girard
Andres Resendez
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Atul Gawande
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Lisa See
Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss & Hope in an African Slum
Kennedy Odede, Jessica Posner
DATE
FACILITATOR
FOOD
NOTES An electrifying tale of vengeance set amid Oslo's brutal hierarchy of corruption.
15-Sep Sandy Borman
Lyn Zais
20-Oct Sybil Basombrio
2 parts: The love affair between Miss Helene Hanff of New York and Messrs Marks and Co, sellers of rare & secondhand books, 84 Charing Sandy Borman Cross Rd, London
Sarah Hanson
Tattooed, angry and profane, this former standup comic turned pastor stubbornly, sometimes hilariously, resists the God she feels called to serve.
15-Dec Janet Wolfe
Sally
Girard looks at the Bible as a map of human behavior, and sees Jesus Christ as the turning point leading to new life.
19-Jan Bridget O'Brien
Georgeanne /Julie
Since the time of Columbus, Indian slavery was illegal in much of the American continent, yet it was practiced for centuries as an open secret.
17-Nov Patty Brink
16-Feb Lyn Zais
Through letters, Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences.
16-Mar Sarah Hanson
In the inevitable condition of aging & death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit.
20-Apr Marilyn Graham
18-May Theone Neumann
In 19th century China, in a remote Hunan county, a 7-yr old girl named Lily, is paired with a laotong, an “old same,” in an emotional match that will last Bridget O'Brien a lifetime.
Patty Brink
The uncommon love story between 2 people whose collaboration sparked a successful movement to transform the lives of vulnerable girls & the urban poor
AUTHOR
The Son
Jo Nesbo
84 Charing Cross Road/The Dutchess of Bloomsbury St. Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People I see Satan Fall Like Lightening The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
Between the World and Me
Helene Hanff
Nadia Bolz-Weber Rene Girard
Andres Resendez
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Atul Gawande
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Lisa See
Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss & Hope in an African Slum
Kennedy Odede, Jessica Posner
DATE
FACILITATOR
FOOD
NOTES An electrifying tale of vengeance set amid Oslo's brutal hierarchy of corruption.
15-Sep Sandy Borman
Lyn Zais
20-Oct Sybil Basombrio
2 parts: The love affair between Miss Helene Hanff of New York and Messrs Marks and Co, sellers of rare & secondhand books, 84 Charing Sandy Borman Cross Rd, London
Sarah Hanson
Tattooed, angry and profane, this former standup comic turned pastor stubbornly, sometimes hilariously, resists the God she feels called to serve.
15-Dec Janet Wolfe
Sally
Girard looks at the Bible as a map of human behavior, and sees Jesus Christ as the turning point leading to new life.
19-Jan Bridget O'Brien
Georgeanne /Julie
Since the time of Columbus, Indian slavery was illegal in much of the American continent, yet it was practiced for centuries as an open secret.
17-Nov Patty Brink
16-Feb Lyn Zais
Through letters, Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences.
16-Mar Sarah Hanson
In the inevitable condition of aging & death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit.
20-Apr Marilyn Graham
18-May Theone Neumann
In 19th century China, in a remote Hunan county, a 7-yr old girl named Lily, is paired with a laotong, an “old same,” in an emotional match that will last Bridget O'Brien a lifetime.
Patty Brink
The uncommon love story between 2 people whose collaboration sparked a successful movement to transform the lives of vulnerable girls & the urban poor
