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October 20, 2020 - 7:00 pm
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October 20, 2020 - 8:30 pm
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Zoom! View mapOur theme is literary non-fiction by women, though we have been known to read a novel or something by a man. Our meetings are informal and you are welcome even if you did not finish the book!
Some of our favorite books have included: Alex and Me, by Irene Pepperberg (a scientist writes about the amazing parrot she worked with for 28 years); Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi (an Iranian professor of English Literature writes about her experience of the Revolution and her belief in the importance of English literature); Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel (an illustrated autobiography, comic book style); Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi (another “graphic novel” by another Iranian woman). We sometimes go on outings as well, including trips to see movies including “Julie and Julia” and “Hidden Figures.”
Email info@cpae.org to register for the link to join the Zoom workshop.
Books for 2020-21:
Jan. 21: All you Can Ever Know, by Nicole Chung
Feb. 18: The Assassin’s Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln, by Kate Clifford Larson
Mar. 17: A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell.
Apr. 21: The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women who Helped Win Word War II, by Denise Kiernan.
May 19: Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA, by Amaryllis Fox.
June 16: Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive, by Stephanie Land.
July 21: Rough Magic: Riding the World’s Loneliest Horse Race, by Lara Prior-Palmer.
Aug 18: The Education of an Idealist, by Samantha Power.
Sept 15: Song in a Weary Throat: An American Pilgrimage, by Pauli Murray.
Oct 20: Furious House: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, by Casey Cep.
Nov 17: When I Fell from the Sky, by Juliane Koepcke
Dec 15: The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World’s Happiest Country, by Helen Russell.
Jan 19 : The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey, by Candice Millard.
Feb 16: The Yellow House, A Memoir, by Sarah M. Broom.
