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 2024:

Jan 16: The Age of Dignity, Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America, by  Al-Jen Poo.  Sociology. 

Feb 20: Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church by Megan Phelps-Roper.  Memoir, Religion. 

Mar 19: We are not here to be bystanders: a memoir of love and resistance, by Linda Sarsour (2020). Memoir, Islam and Feminism. 

Apr. 16: Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, and What We Can Do About It, by Mindy Fullilove.

May 21: Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson, by Rebecca Boggs Roberts. 320 pages

June 18: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton. Illustrated memoir by Canadian cartoonist.   436 pages. 

July 16: Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York, by Stacy Horn.  320 pages

Sept 17: How to Say Babylon: A Memoir, by Safiya Sinclair. Rastafarian. 349 pages. 

Oct 15: The rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks  by Jeanne Theoharis. 336 pages. 

Nov 19: The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet, by Nell McShane Wulfhart. 320 pages.