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  

 SPRING, 2013

Tuesday, March 12 at 1:00 pm

Room, by Emma Donoghue

A five-year-old narrates a story about his life growing up in a single room where his mother aims to protect him from the man who has held her prisoner for seven years since she was a teenager.

Tuesday, April 9 at 1:00 pm

The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain

Follows the life of Ernest Hemingway's first wife, Hadley, as she navigates 1920s Paris.

 ***Tuesday, May 14 at 1:00 pm 

Still Alice, by Lisa Genova ***(substitute title)

Feeling at the top of her game when she is suddenly diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease, Harvard psychologist Alice Howland struggles to find meaning and purpose in her life as her concept of self gradually slips away.

 

Tuesday, June 11 at 1:00 pm

  The Language of Flowers, by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Discovering the symbolic meanings of flowers while languishing in the foster-care system, 18-year-old Victoria is hired by a florist when her talent for helping others is discovered, a situation that leads to a romantic prospect and the confrontation of a painful secret from her past.