Page Turners Book Club will meet this month to discuss The White Pearl, by Kate Furnivall. This romantic suspense-filled fiction transports the reader back in time to WWII when the Japanese invaded Malaya shortly after their attack on Pearl Harbor. The British forces were soon overpowered, panic and chaos amongst the people erupted everywhere. One … [Read more...]
Page Turners – 1,000 White Women
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Page Turners Book Club will meet this month to discuss, 1000 White Women, by Jim Fergus. Once again, I haven’t had a chance to read this and had to rely on a review from two Amazon readers. The premise is based on an honest request made at a peace conference by a Cheyenne Indian Chief in the year 1854 to trade white women for horses. The women … [Read more...]
Page Turners – The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
January 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Page Turners Book Club will meet this month to discuss The Whistling Season, by Ivan Doig. “Ivan Doig has written another captivating account of life on the homesteads of eastern Montana in the early 20th Century. This book is centered on one of the old one-room schoolhouses that were common in rural areas of the west through the first half of … [Read more...]
Page Turners – Moloka’i
January 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Page Turners’ Book Club will meet this month to discuss, Moloka’i, by Alan Brennert. Moloka'i is an interesting novel about a young Hawaiian leper, Rachel, banished to Kalaupapa, a quarantined colony on Moloka'i, at the turn of the last century, when leprosy was a relatively misunderstood disease. The notion of the colony is fascinating and the … [Read more...]
Page Turners – Holiday Party
December 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
We look forward to our December 18 meeting, when all three groups will get together at 1:00 p.m. at the Clubhouse. It is a rare opportunity to have everyone in one room. Along with greeting our friends, we will enjoy cookies and have a book exchange. Everyone that wants to participate in the book exchange should bring a gently used or new gift … [Read more...]
Page Turners – Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland
October 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Page Turners’ Book Club will meet this month to discuss Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland. Clara Driscoll (1861-1944) was an actual designer who worked for Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) at the turn of the last century. This novel steps into her shoes as she creates designs with colored glass pieces and manages the all-woman studio that … [Read more...]
Page Turners – Garden of the Beasts
October 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Page Turners’ Book Club will meet this month to discuss In the Garden of the Beasts, by Erik Larson. The novel tells the story of the American ambassador to Germany and his family, living in Germany during Hitler’s rise. The information comes from diaries, letters and other documents. It is an interesting perspective on Hitler and how he came into … [Read more...]
Page Turners – Five Smooth Stones
August 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Page Turners’ Book Club will meet this month to discuss Five Smooth Stones by Ann Fairbairn. It is the story of a boy, David, growing up in New Orleans during the depression. He faces the challenges of attending a school in the north with whites, fighting for equality, and maintaining a long-lasting love with a white girl. Page Turners has three … [Read more...]
Page Turners – Book Selection
August 1, 2012 by
Page Turners’ Book Club has selected eight books for the coming reading year. The September selection is Five Smooth Stones by Ann Fairbairn. Dates for the other seven titles will be announced in the next newsletter. They are: ■ Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland ■ In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson ■ Moloka’i by Alan Bennert ■ … [Read more...]
Page Turners – June 2012
May 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
All Page Turners will meet on Monday, June 25 at the ClubHouse to select our eight books for next year. 12:15 p.m. — Light lunch for those who signed up ahead of time. 1:00 p.m. — Voting. Bring your printed lists of the 24 possible titles, circling your eight choices. There will be no discussion at the meeting. Lists will be collected, … [Read more...]
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