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Book Discussion Schedule for Winter/Spring 2008
Book discussions are held Tuesdays from 2:30 - 3:30 pm in the Downsbrough Community Room
Tuesday, March 18th - Voices of Silence: Lives of the Trappists by Frank Bianco*

A journalist and former seminarian who lived with and observed Trappist monks in the United States offers a portrait of contemporary daily life in the world's most reclusive monastic order. *Author Frank Bianco will visit with the discussion group at this session.

Tuesday, April 15th - The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve

A pilot's wife is taught to be prepared for the late-night knock at the door. But after Kathryn receives word that her husband's plane has exploded she confronts one startling revelation after another. Who was that man she was married to?

Tuesday, May 20th - Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros

During her family's annual car trip from Chicago to Mexico City, Lala Reyes listens to stories about her family, including her grandmother, the descendent of a renowned dynasty of shawl makers, whose magnificent striped shawl has come into Lala's possession.

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