Summer has arrived right on schedule – hot and humid – but aren’t the gardens finally taking off? Now it’s also time to enjoy the fellowship of book lovers as the East Grand Dames prepares for its seventeenth summer.
On July 18, 2013, we will meet in Forest City to discuss “Destiny of the Republic – A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President” by Candice Millard. Millard describes the career of James Garfield, who was elected president without running, and then died unnecessarily, after being shot by a deranged man, because of medical ignorance. This book was suggested by Heather Zakupowsky and Pam Taylor.
July 25, 2013, finds us in Danforth to review “The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor” by New Brunswick author, Sally Armstrong. Recommended by Judy Saunders, the book is a fictionalized account of Armstrong’s ancestor, who was the first English woman to live in the Miramichi area, around the time of the American Revolution.
On August 1, 2013, we will be in Orient to consider “When We Were the Kennedys” by Maine author, Monica Wood. This moving memoir is about her family, growing up in Mexico, Maine, and the trauma of her father’s unexpected death months before the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Both Barbara Bolton and Alice Brooks advocated for this book.
Finally, on August 8, 2013, we will again meet in Orient to pick three books for 2014 from those suggested by the members.
Meetings take place at 10 a.m. U.S. time, and are open to all readers. For information call 448-2928.
