Morning Group: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

August 30, 2009 at 6:41 pm | In Pre-meeting reading | Leave a Comment

41vmAJkZWzL__AA75_Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth’s Strout’s Pulitzer Prize winner, takes the reader to Crosby, Maine where we discover who Olive is through the eyes of her family and neighbors as told in thirteen separate stories.    We will meet at 7:30 on Thursday, Sept. 3rd to discuss the book.  For anyone interested in additional background about the book, you might want to check out some of the following:

New York Times Book Review and the Boston Globe review

Tom Ashbrook’s NPR Interview with the author (May 7, 2009).  During the interview, you find out that “Little Burst” was the first story she wrote.  It is a treat to hear Ms. Strout read and the callers include a young woman struggling with anorexia and a man who gave up a 35 year drug addiction.  It is a fascinating interview.

Random House has information about the author, a reader’s guide and an author Q&A on its website.

Noon Book Group–Mark Haddon’s A Spot of Bother

August 28, 2009 at 5:53 pm | In Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

This month the noon group chose the book A Spot of Bother, by Mark Haddon. Below you will find some relevant links to reviews, interviews, and other sites of interest. We’ll meet this upcoming Thursday, September 3rd, at noon in the audiovisual room. Light refreshments will be provided.

Publisher’s Site, includes author interview and a list of discussion questions.

Full interview with Haddon from New York Magazine.

Librarything.com’s page on A Spot of Bother—gives member ratings, reviews, and other similar books of interest.

Not knowing much about England, I found myself wondering about Peterborough and where it was in England. Apparently it is about 2 hours north of London, and is considered a “cathedral city” with a population of about 160,000. For more information, check here. And for some interesting photographs, check here.

Also, an interesting BBC article about the link between retirement and depression.

Alison will be posting relevant links for her a.m. group soon, and next month we’ll go back to reading the same book. See you next week! -Jessi

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