Third Monday @1--Crown Point Book Discussion Group

The first meeting was held on September 20, 1999 and was attended by 23 members. The book discussed was Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden (it was not rated).

Discussions are held in the Crown Point Library Board Room on the third Monday from 1:00-2:30 pm.  The group does not meet in July, August, or December.

Books assigned are available on special loan at the Circulation Desk.  Additional copies can be borrowed from the regular library collection or through interlibrary loan.

An electronic newsletter is available here for reading or by subscribing. 

A list of all the books the groups have read is available here.

New members are always welcome! For more information, contact the discussion leader: Barb Houk, Special Services Librarian, at 219-663-0270 or email bhouk@crownpointlibrary.org.

2012

***Please note that the February meeting is on the 4th Monday due to library closings on the 3rd Monday.

  Monday, February 27: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson

Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life in the village of St. Mary, England, until his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But will their relationship survive in a society that considers Ali a foreigner?

  Monday, March 19: Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, by Rhoda Janzen 

A hilarious and moving memoir—in the spirit of Anne Lamott and Nora Ephron—about a woman who returns home to her close-knit Mennonite family after a personal crisis.

  Monday, April 16: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford

When artifacts from Japanese families sent to internment camps during World War II are uncovered during renovations at Seattle's Panama Hotel, Henry Lee embarks on a personal quest that leads to memories of growing up Chinese in a city rife with anti-Japanese sentiment and of Keiko, a Japanese girl whose love transcended cultures and generations.

  Monday, May 21: Little Bee, by Chris Cleave

A haunting novel about the tenuous friendship that blooms between two disparate strangers--one an illegal Nigerian refugee, the other a recent widow from suburban London.

  Monday, June 18: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by R. Skloot

Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization, and gene mapping.