WINFIELD BOOK
DISCUSSION
Discussions are held in the Winfield Branch
Library on the second Tuesday 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 Winfield Branch Library. 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.
Daytime at Winfield Branch
Library,
1:00-2:30
2012
Tuesday, March 13: 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.
Tuesday, April
10: 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.
Tuesday, May
8: 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.
Tuesday, June
12: 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?
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