Council on Aging Book Group at Putterham
Place: Putterham Branch Library meeting room.
Time: Mondays 2:00 - 3:30 PM.
Leaders: Jean Kramer and Charlotte Millman
No signup is necessary. Just show up.
Books are available at the Putterham Library approximately one month before the meeting.
Chad Harbach, The Art of Fielding
May 20, 2013 Putterham
At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big-league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended.
Stewart O'Nan, Emily Alone
Jun 17, 2013 Putterham
This sequel to the much-beloved Wish You Were Here follows Emily Maxwell, a widow whose children are grown and gone. She dreams of visits from grandchildren and mourns the changes in her quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood, but when her sole companion and sister-in-law Arlene faints at their favorite breakfast buffet, Emily's days change. As she grapples with her new independence, Emily discovers a hidden strength.
P. D. James, Death Comes to Pemberley
Jul 15, 2013 Putterham
Pemberley is thrown into chaos after Elizabeth Bennett's disgraced sister Lydia arrives and announces that her husband Wickham has been murdered.
by George Howe Colt, Brothers: George Howe Colt on his Brothers and Brothers in History
Sep 16, 2013 Putterham
In alternate chapters, Colt moves from a quest to understand how his own brothers shaped his life to an examination of the complex relationships between iconic brothers in history.