Friday, June 3, 2011

Julie and Julia

Thursday, July 8, 7:00 pm

Julie and Julia
by
Julie Powell



Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen, chronicles a year in the life of Julie Powell as she struggles through the recipes of chef Julia Childs. What started off as a blog turned into a best-selling novel with a movie starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. 

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Lovely Bones

Thursday, July 7, 7:00 pm
Lovely Bones
by
Alice Sebold

 

A powerful first novel, narrated by Susie Salmon, in heaven. Brutally raped and murdered by a deceptively mild-mannered neighbor, Susie begins with a compelling description of her death. During the next ten years, she watches over her family and friends as they struggle to cope with her murder. She observes their disintegrating lives with compassion and occasionally attempts, sometimes successfully, to communicate her love to them. Although the lives of all who knew her well are shaped by her tragic death, eventually her family and friends survive their pain and grief. In Sebold's heaven, Susie continues to grow emotionally. She learns that human existence is "the helplessness of being alive, the dark bright pity of being human feeling as you went, groping in corners and opening your arms to light all of it part of navigating the unknown." The 2009 film adaptation stars Susan Sarandon, Rachel Weisz and Mark Wahlberg.