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Book Marks: Coffee and Camaraderie - 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
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Book Marks: Coffee and Camaraderie - 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Love to read? Come join our lively discussion of everything from novels to biographies to memoirs. Join us with a warm cup of coffee or tea or a cool glass of iced tea or lemonade. We meet on the second Tuesday of each month from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. via Zoom. The Sibley Senior Association will email the Zoom link to new registrants each month. 

If you are a newcomer, please register https://smh.memberclicks.net/q4-bookmarks--coffee---camaraderie; or e-mail [email protected], or call 202-364-7602. Note: Book selections may be subject to change.

Oct. 11 - Still Life by Louise Penny
From Amazon.com: In Still Life, bestselling author Louise Penny introduces Monsieur L’Inspecteur Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec, a modern Poirot who anchors this beloved traditional mystery series. Chief Inspector Gamache and his team of investigators are called to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal. Jane Neal, a local fixture in the tiny hamlet of Three Pines, just north of the U.S. border, has been found dead in the woods. The locals are certain it’s a tragic hunting accident and nothing more, but Gamache smells something foul in these remote woods, and is soon certain that Jane Neal died at the hands of someone much more sinister than a careless bowhunter. The novel, published in 2008, introduced not only an engaging series hero in Inspector Gamache, who commands his forces—and the Gamache series—with integrity and quiet courage, but also a winning and talented writer of traditional mysteries in the person of Louise Penny.

Nov. 8 - Oh, William by Elizabeth Strout
From Amazon.com: Lucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, remains a hard man to read. William, she confesses, has always been a mystery to me. Another mystery is why the two have remained
connected after all these years. They just are. So Lucy is both surprised and not surprised when William asks her to join him on a trip to investigate a recently uncovered family secret—one of those secrets that rearrange everything we think we know about the people closest to us. What happens next is nothing less than another example of what Hilary Mantel has called Elizabeth Strout’s “perfect attunement to the human condition.” There are fears and insecurities, simple joys and acts of tenderness, and revelations about affairs and other spouses, parents and their children. On every page we learn more about the quiet forces that hold us together—even after we’ve grown apart. At the heart of the story is the indomitable voice of Lucy Barton. “This is the way of life,” Lucy says: “the many things we do not know until it is too late.”

Dec. 13 - These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
From Amazon.com: “The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. “Any story that starts will also end.” As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh and intimate look into her mind and heart. At the center of the collection is the title essay, a surprising and moving meditation on an unexpected friendship that explores “what it means to be seen, to find someone with whom you can be your best and most complete self.” From the enchantments of Kate DiCamillo’s children’s books to youthful memories of Paris; the cherished life gifts given by her three fathers to the unexpected influence of Charles Schultz’s Snoopy; the expansive vision of Eudora Welty to the importance of knitting, Patchett connects life and art as she illuminates what matters most.

If you are a newcomer, please register https://smh.memberclicks.net/q4-bookmarks--coffee---camaraderie; or e-mail [email protected], or call 202-364-7602. Note: Book selections may be subject to change.


Contact: [email protected] or 202 364 7602