Please join us for the R.E.A.D. (Read, Eat, and Discuss) meetings during the 2011-2012 academic year. Refreshments are provided!
The titles we will be reading are listed below. All titles are available for three week checkout at the Mardigian Library. The titles will be available on reserve sometime the week of August 15-19; ask at the Circulation Desk (313-593-5559).
READ IT ON A KINDLE! All of the titles will also be available on our new Kindle e-readers that are available for three week checkout. Ask at the Circulation Desk!
1)
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011 Noon to 1:00 p.m. Library room 1210 (or 1212)
Summary: During the Great Depression, Jacob Jankowski jumps onto a rickety train, home to a traveling circus. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie, where he meets a beautiful equestrian star who is married to a charismatic but twisted animal trainer. Jacob also meets Rosie, an unruly elephant acquired in an attempt to save the show. The bond that grows among this unlikely trio is one of love and trust, and, ultimately, their only hope for survival.
2)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 Noon to 1:00 p.m. Library room 1210 (or 1212)
Summary: When three extraordinary women have a determination to start a movement of their own, they forever change a town, and the way women—mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends—view one another. Filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, “The Help” is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don’t.
3)
At the Dark End of the Street by Danielle L. McGuire
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Noon to 1:00 p.m. Library room 1210
Summary: A new look at Rosa Parks and the story behind the 1955 boycott, “At the Dark End of the Street” is far different from anything previously written. In this important, groundbreaking book, Wayne State University Assistant Professor Danielle L. McGuire writes about the rape in 1944 of Recy Taylor, a twenty-four-year-old mother and sharecropper, who strolled toward home after an evening of singing and praying at the Rock Hill Holiness Church in Abbeville, Alabama. It is a controversial, moving, and courageous book; narrative history at its best.
4)
The King's Speech by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Noon to 1:00 p.m. Library room 1210
Summary: An inspiring tale of triumph over adversity, and the unlikely friendship between a reluctant king and the charismatic subject who “saved the throne.” Mark Logue tells the tale of his grandfather’s work with King George VI, drawing from family scrapbooks, documents, letters, and photos.
