NSL Bluestockings
MARCH BOOK (March 18)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Be prepared to meet three unforgettable women:
Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone.
Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken.
Minny, Aibileen's best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody's business, but she can't mind her tongue, so she's lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town...
MEET:
Every 3rd Thursday 10:30ish to 12ish
WHERE: Library Meeting Room unless otherwise noted
BOOKS: Fiction and non-fiction books are typically selected at least 6 months in advance. Books are chosen by group members
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MEMBERS: To have read the book (or at least attempted) and participate in the discussion. Food items are also a nice treat.
What we're about:
We are a casual group that likes to get together to talk about books in addition to our discussion about the book of the month. The books we choose to read are varied in subject matter and emotional depth. We try to choose books that will incite discussion. If this sounds like the group for you grab our book of the month and join us.
Books We've Read:
Check out our bookshelf at LibraryThing
Upcoming Books:
JANUARY 21st
Dewey the Small Town Library Cat That Touched the World by Vickie Myron with Bret Witter
Check out Dewey's page: http://www.deweyreadmorebooks.com/
FEBRUARY 18th
The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips
MARCH 17th
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
APRIL 22nd
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mary Twain
MAY 20th
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
JUNE 17th
Isaac's Storm: a man, a time and the deadliest hurricane in history by Erik Larson
JULY 15th
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
AUGUST 19th
South of Broad by Pat Conroy
SEPTEMBER 16th
Sweet By and By by Todd Johnson
OCTOBER 21st
House of Lost Souls by F. G. Cottam
NOVEMBER 18th
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
DECEMBER 9th
Salvation on Sand Mountain by Dennis Covington
