Contact Karen for Club information 3-9415
We have permission to use the Women's Connection supplies at the Music School for our meetings,
so long as we provide some compensation for our use of the supplies. These supplies are stored
on the cupboard on the second floor. There is tea, coffee and sugar. There is often usable milk and
cream in the fridge in the kitchen as well.
 

For May 20, 2009 we will read Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.

This book has already started to arrive. Hallelujah!

"Jeffrey Eugenides’ expansive and radiantly generous second novel … feels rich with treats, including some handsome writing….One of the delights of Middlesex is how soundly it’s constructed, with motifs and characters weaving through the novel’s various episodes, pulling it tight. The book’s length feels like its author’s arms are stretching farther and farther to encompass more people, more life…. It is a colossal act of curiosity, of imagination and of love." —The New York Times Review of Books

Maureen Wright will lead the discussion and Rosemary B. and Vera K. will provide refreshments.

In aid of our decision to read some humour over the summer, may I suggest some of the Stephen Leacock award winners - for Canadian humour? Please see leacock.ca/WINNERS.htm or do a search under "humorous books" on Amazon.com

Happy reading!
 
Club will meet at the Music School up to June 2009 starting at 1pm
 
November Lady Franklin's Revenge: A True Story of Ambition, Obsession and the Remaking of Arctic History Ken McGoogan 2005
December The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary, Simon Winchester 1998
January 2009 Can You Hear the Nightbird Call Anita Rau Badami 2005
February Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks 2001
March 18 The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls 2005
April Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2006
May Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides 2002
June From Harvey River Lorna Goodison 2007
September Phantom Limb Theresa Kishkhan 2007
October Three cups of tea Greg Mortenson 2006, 2007
     

October 15 , 2008
Host: Linda P.
Leader: Lori R.
Location: to be announced
Too Close to the Falls, Catherine Gildiner

September 17, 2008
Host: Louise T.
Leader: none
The Memory Keepers Daughter, Kim Edwards
Summer reading, please note that each individual is responsible for locating a copy of this book

June 18, 2008
The Other Side of the Bridge, Mary Lawson
Host: Evelyn McN
Leader: Jennifer P.

May 21, 2008
Confessions of an Economic Hitman, John Perkins
Host: Jennifer P.
Leader: Linda P.

April 16, 2008
Five Quarters of an Orange, Joanne Harris
Host: Barbara K.
Leader: Carol E.

April 8, 2008 3pm
Our tea with authors Edith and Theresa on Tuesday, April 8 is still a go. Joanne, Carol and Evelyn have volunteered to bring desserts. We are getting together at Margi S.'s house at 3:00. We are all excited to have the opportunity to spend some time with them.

CAR POOL please
Also it might be a good idea to suggest some car pooling....and to leave the entrance at the bottom of the drive free for Theresa and Edith - i.e. if folk park close to the house garage that is just great - we can get 5-6 cars in there double parked.....but leave a space at the front door for them to drive down on the level.....it is possible to park along the drive and leave room for a car to drive past, two plus can park in front of the big garage on the apron and there is room for 3 or 4 tucked in by the trailer and dirt pile - just drive right in there and double park....

March 19, 2008
Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
Host: Helen C.
Leader: Karen D.

February 20, 2008
Fishing with John, by Edith Iglauer
Host: Carol E.
Leader: Margi S.

January 2008 Women’s Connection Book Club
Karen D.’s home

For the first time we had “perfect attendance” (with a guest) to discuss How to Make an American Quilt by Whitney Otto. Thank you to Helen C. for leading the discussion.

The agenda for the remainder of the year was distributed.

If you are interested in going to the movies to see The Kite Runner or Atonement, please contact Linda P. 883-9313, djpearson(deletethis)@dccnet.com.

Karen volunteered to prepare the notes on the other books we’ve read. They’ll come under separate cover.

Vera suggested providing everyone members’ phone numbers and email addresses. It is coming as a PDF file separately. (Sorry I’m not savvy enough to change it to Word.)

The next book will be Fishing with John, by Edith Iglauer; discussion led by Margi S. on February 20, 2008 at Carol E.'s – 12430 Whitestone. She did such a great job of providing a map, that I’m forwarding it separately to you as well.

The books have been ordered, so you’ll be hearing from the Reading Centre in a week or two.