Join us at our book club! We meet on the second Thursday of each month by zoom at different members home.  For more information, contact Dina Epstein.

 

UPCOMING BOOKS:

February 13 – The Elements of Marie Curie: by Dava Sobel
A radiant biography and a masterpiece of storytelling, illuminating the life and enduring influence of one of the most consequential figures of our time. Even now, a century after her death, Marie Curie remains the only female scientist most people can name. Nobel laureate twice; in 1903 and 1911.

March 13 – People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
In 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, which has been rescued from Serb shelling during the Bosnian war. Priceless and beautiful, the book is one of the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with images. In Bosnia during WWII, a Muslim risks his life to protect it from the Nazis. Inspired by a true story, this is at once a novel of sweeping historical grandeur and intimate emotional intensity, an ambitious, electrifying work by an acclaimed and beloved author.

April 10 – Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
This is a magical story. It is all about four sisters named Julia, Sylvia, Cecelia, and Emmeline who are the best of friends. They live in a special neighborhood in Chicago and do everything together. As they go through life, their roles change, and they learn a lot about love, trust, and how families can go through hard times. Get ready for a special journey that will stay in your heart long after you finish reading.

May 8 – The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich’s plans while at her husband’s side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She managed to flee from both her husband and the Nazis and landed in Hollywood as Hedy Lamarr. A powerful novel based on the incredible true story of the glamour icon and scientist we know as Hedy.

June 12 – The Women by Kristin Hannah
Women can be heroes too! When twenty-year-old nursing student Frankie hears these words, it is a revelation. She has always done the right thing, but in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships off to Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path. Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war, she meets—and becomes one of—the lucky, the brave, the broken, and the lost. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America.

July 10 – The Majority by Elizabeth Silver
A riveting novel about motherhood and ambition, love and friendship, and one woman’s fight to be a Supreme Court Justice. Half of the United States is waiting for Justice Sylvia Olin Bernstein to die. The other half is praying for her to live. At eighty-three, “the Contemptuous S.O.B.” doesn’t have much time left. What she does have is her story. Covering the span of fifty years, Sylvia’s personal account reveals the intimate truth about a woman who is not just a brilliant mind but a daughter, a best friend, a wife, and a mother. Caught between the competing desires of career and family, truth and convenience, progress and patience, she will be given a chance to change the course of American history.