Friday, November 6, 2015

The Giver by Lois Lowry



NO MEETING IN DECEMBER
THURSDAY, 
January 7, 2016

7:00 pm


The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. The 2014 film adaptation stars Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep.

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Friday, October 23, 2015

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

THURSDAY,
November 5, 2015
7:00 PM




At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State—and she would do it alone. Told with suspense and style, sparkling with warmth and humor, Wild powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her. Reese Witherspoon stars in the 2014 film adaptation.


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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Still Alice by Lisa Genova

SPECIAL DATE!!
SCREENING OF MOVIE
AND TALK
BY
Linda Pollitz

Alzheimer’s Association

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2015
6:00 PM


Dr. Alice Howland is a renowned linguistics professor at Columbia University. When words begin to escape her and she starts becoming lost on her daily jogs, Alice must come face-to-face with a devastating diagnosis: early-onset Alzheimer's disease. As the once-vibrant woman struggles to hang on to her sense of self for as long as possible, Alice's three grown children must watch helplessly as their mother disappears more and more with each passing day. The award winning movie stars Julianne Moore and Alec Baldwin. 
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First Thursday of every month
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Friday, August 7, 2015

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

Thursday
September 3, 2015
7:00pm






A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
From the 1936 Olympics to WWII Japan's most brutal POW camps, Hillenbrand's heart-wrenching book is thousands of miles and a world away from the racing circuit of her bestselling Seabiscuit. But it's just as much a page-turner, and its hero, Louie Zamperini, is just as loveable: a disciplined champion racer who ran in the Berlin Olympics, he's a wit, a prankster, and a reformed juvenile delinquent who put his thieving skills to good use in the POW camps. The award winning 2014 film adaptation was directed by Angelina Jolie

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Monday, July 6, 2015

The Inheritance by Louisa May Alcott


Thursday
August 6, 2015

7:00pm





Louisa May Alcott, who spent much of her childhood amid an intellectual circle that included Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Thoreau, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, embarked on her own literary efforts at an early age. Her recently discovered first novel, The Inheritance, written when Alcott was just 17, offers readers a fascinating look at the birth of a remarkable career. Set in an English country manor, it is the story of Edith Adelon, an Italian orphan brought to England by Lord Hamilton as a companion for his children. With a charm reminiscent of Jane Austen's novels, Alcott's plot sets love and courtesy against depravity and dishonor.


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Friday, June 5, 2015

True Grit by Charles Portis

Thursday
July 2, 2015

7:00pm
 













Portis’s novel is narrated by Mattie Ross, a thrifty, churchgoing elderly spinster distinguished by intelligence, independence, and strength of mind. She recounts the story of her adventures many years earlier, at the age of fourteen, when she undertook quest to avenge her father’s death at the hands of a drifter named Tom Chaney. She is joined on her quest by Marshal Ruben J. “Rooster” Cogburn and a Texas Ranger  named LaBoeuf (pronounced "La-beef").  The 2010 film adaptation directed by the Coen brothers stars Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon.


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Saturday, May 9, 2015

This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

Thursday
June 4, 2015
7:00pm





The death of Judd Foxman's father marks the first time that the entire Foxman clan has congregated in years. Simultaneously mourning the demise of his father and his marriage, Judd joins his dysfunctional family as they reluctantly sit shiva-and spend seven days and nights under the same roof. The week quickly spins out of control as longstanding grudges resurface, secrets are revealed and old passions are reawakened.  A riotously funny, emotionally raw novel about love, marriage, divorce, family, and the ties that bind-whether we like it or not. The 2014 film adaptation stars Jason Bateman, Tina Fey Jane Fonda, and Adam Driver.

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Friday, April 10, 2015

The Hundred Foot Journey By Richard C. Morais

Thursday
May 7, 2015
7:00 PM


















Born above his grandfather’s modest restaurant in Mumbai, Hassan Haji first experienced life through intoxicating whiffs of spicy fish curry, trips to the local markets, and gourmet outings with his mother. But when tragedy strikes, the Hajis leave India and embark on a journey around the world, eventually opening an Indian restaurant in Lumière, a small town in the French Alps. Helen Mirren stars in the delightful film adaptation directed by Lasse Hallstrom.


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Monday, March 9, 2015

Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot

By
Bill O’Reilly
 and
Martin Dugard
Thursday
April 2, 2015

7:00 PM


Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot is a 2012 non-fiction book by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard about the 1963 assassination of U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The authors narrate the events leading up to the assassination of as well as the event's aftermath. O'Reilly and Dugard also focus on the element of the growing Cold War, Kennedy's attempt to deal with the rise of Communism, and the potential threat from organized crime. The 2013 made for television adaptation stars Rob Lowe.

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Friday, February 6, 2015

The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel

Thursday
March 5, 2015

7:00 PM















WWII was the most destructive war in history and caused the greatest dislocation of cultural artifacts. Hundreds of thousands of items remain missing. The main burden fell to a few hundred men and women, curators and archivists, artists and art historians from 13 nations. Their task was to save and preserve what they could of Europe's great art, and they were called the Monuments Men. This is their story. The 2014 film adaptation was directed by and stars George Clooney along with Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman and Cate Blanchett.
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Friday, January 23, 2015

Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr.

Thursday
February 5, 2015

7:00 PM




“Cheaper by the Dozen” is a biographical novel written by Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey that tells the story of time and motion study and efficiency experts Frank Bunker Gilbreth and Lillian Moller Gilbreth, and their twelve children. The book focuses on the many years the family resided in Montclair, New Jersey. It was adapted to film by Twentieth Century Fox in 1950.The comedic 2003 remake of the 1950 film adaptation stars Steve Martin, Hilary Duff and Bonnie Hunt.

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First Thursday of every month
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