Fall Book Discussion Series

Fall Book Discussion Series - 2005

First 2 sessions at Sam's of Gedney Way (map and directions) last 2 sessions back at the Library with tours of The Trove

Family Matters

Join us as we explore the richness and complexity of family relationships in these intriguing short stories from the acclaimed anthology You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories that Held Them in Awe, Edited by Ron Hansen and Jim Shepard (HarperCollins, 1994).

Mondays 2:30 - 4:30 pm, repeated 7:00 - 9:00 pm

September 26 - at Sam's

"I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen - p.457
"Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid - p.343, "The Flowers" by Alice Walker - p.579

October 24 - at Sam's

"Goodbye My Brother" by John Cheever - p.151
"Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin - p.29, "Gooseberries" by Anton Chekhov - p.175

November 14 - at Library
(optional Trove tour at 2 pm and 6:30 pm)

"Packed Dirt, Churchgoing, a Dying Cat, a Traded Car" by John Updike - p. 559
"In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" by Delmore Schwartz - p.471

December 5 - at Library
(optional Trove tour at 2 pm and 6:30 pm)

"A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor - p.439
"Wants" by Grace Paley - p.467, "Pie Dance" by Molly Giles - p.249

Limited copies of the anthology are available for loan at the Reference Desk, with a copy kept on reserve for reading in the Library. You may also purchase the paperback at the City Center/Barnes & Noble in downtown White Plains (230 Main St. ~ 397-2420), with a 20% discount for book group participants.

Please register for day or evening sessions at Reference Desk or by contacting Program Librarian Barbara Wenglin: bwenglin@whiteplainslibrary.org (422-1486)