Book Club on Zoom

Our 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 2022:

Jan 18: Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America, by Eliza Griswold.  2019 Pulitzer for General Nonfiction. 

Feb 15:  Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight, by Julia Sweig. 

March 15. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir, by Michelle Zauner. 256 pages. 

April 19. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer.  408 pages. 

May 17. Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age, by Annalee Newitz. 320 pages. 

June 21. Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR, by Lisa Napoli. 352 pages. 

July 19.  Mudlark: In Search of London’s Past Along the River Thames, by Lara Maiklem. 336 pages. 

August 16.  The Boston Massacre: a family history, by Serena R. Zabin. 323 pages. 

Sept. 20.   The Daughters of Kobani, A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice, by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon. 288 pages. 

Oct. 18.  The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story, by Kate Summerscale. 368 pages. 

Nov. 15.  Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets, by Svetlana Alexievich. 496 pages. 

Dec. 20.   Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea’s Elite, by Suki Kim. 322 pages.