The TFPL Book Club is free and open to the public.
NOTE: WE HAVE CHANGED OUR TIME AND DAY! WE ARE NOW MEETING ON THE
SECOND THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 7:00 PM.
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Here is our schedule for the Spring/Summer of 2011:
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May 10 – The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman
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A classic swashbuckling romance retells the tale of the Dread Pirate Roberts, a drunken swordsman and a gentle giant who come to the aid of Buttercup, a princess in dire need of rescue from the evil schemers surrounding her.
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Jun 14 - The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany by Martin Goldsmith
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An account of two Jewish musicians who fell in love while playing for Frankfort’s Kulturbund orchestra, which served as a haven for persecuted Jews and as a Nazi propoganda tool, describes how love maintained through the horrors of the Third Reich
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Jul 12 - The Fifth Vial by Michael Palmer
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A suspended Harvard Medical School student is kidnapped and left for dead in Rio de Janeiro, while a terminally ill medical genius works on a potentially world-changing cure, and a Chicago detective struggles to identify a mysterious accident victim.
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Aug 9 – Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin
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Follows the efforts of a family to find the mother who went missing from Seoul Station and their sobering realizations when they recall memories that suggest she may not have been happy.
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Previous Book Club Choices in PDF format: 2007-2009, 2010-2011
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Please contact Amy, Beth, or Jennifer at 733-2964 ext 109 for more information.
(All annotations are courtesy of NoveList Plus, part of the TFPL Databases.)
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