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March Book Group

Afternoon Book Group :  Tuesday, March 25th @ 2pm at Powell Chamber of Commerce (36 Grace Drive, Powell, Ohio 43065.)

Mark your calendars as the FOL Afternoon Book Group commemorates Women’s History Month!

We’re trying a different book discussion approach...

Rather than discussing the same book, we’ll share ideas about a variety of books with a unifying topic:  Women’s History.

Check-out the attached reading list for highly rated titles.  Want-to-read a title not included on this list?  No problem. Most importantly, select a title YOU want to read.

Here’s how-to get started:

·  Look-over the title list and the brief summaries

·  Select one – or several – titles you’d like to read

·  Try something new!  Select a book you haven’t yet read

·  Check the DCDL catalog for availability.  Remember to check Libby & Hoopla

·  Read & Enjoy!

·  Come to Book Group and be prepared to discuss how your book addresses these topics:

  • Women who tell our stories
  • Women providing healing and promoting hope
  • Valiant women refusing to be silenced
  • Visionary women: champions of peace & nonviolence
  • Women who fight all forms of discrimination against women
  • Trailblazing women in labor & business
  • Women working to form a more perfect Union
  • Women in public service and government
  • Women of character, courage and commitment

We're really excited about this reading list and March’s upcoming discussion.  This format was suggested by Book Group Member Frank Schiraldi.  What’s his “reward”? Frank will facilitate – and encourage everyone’s participation --  at our March discussion.  This is gonna be fun!

More Important Info:
  • You don't need to register for the book groups, just show up
  • If you have any questions about the new Book Groups, we have a new email address to handle them! Contact Vicky and Joy at bookgroup@delawarelibraryfriends.org.
Reading List

April Book Group

Evening Book Group :  Tuesday,April 22nd @ 6:30pm at Senor Antonios (8617 Columbus Pike, Lewis Center, OH 43035)

Book selection: "My Mother in Havana" by Rebe Huntman is a Memoir of Magic & Miracle.  Writing with a physicality of language that moves like the body in dance, Rebe Huntman, a poet, choreographer, and dancer, embarks on a pilgrimage into
the mysteries of the gods and saints of Cuba and their larger spiritual view of the Mother. Huntman offers a window into the extraordinary world of Afro-Cuban gods and ghosts and the dances and rituals that call them forth. As she explores the memory of her own mother, interlacing it with her search for
the sacred feminine, Huntman leads us into a world of séance and sacrifice, pilgrimage and sacred dance, which resurrect her mother and bring Huntman face to face with a larger version of herself.

Praise for My Mother in Havana
“My Mother in Havana, lifts the veil between the living and the dead and makes believers of us all. This story of a mother’s absence and a daughter’s need is written with a lyricism that filled my heart with beauty while also making it ache for loved ones lost. This is a stunning debut.”

—Lee Martin, author of Pulitzer Prize Finalist The Bright Forever

Now, we want to find out what YOU think.

More Important Info:
  • You don't need to register for the book groups, just show up!
  • There is limited availability in the DCDL catalog.
  • If you have any questions about the new Book Groups, we have a new email address to handle them! Contact Vicky and Joy at bookgroup@delawarelibraryfriends.org.

Vicky Schmarr - Afternoon Book Group Facilitator

Joy Kelch - Evening Book Group Facilitator

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