GPL Book Discussion Group Reading List for 2008-2009
September 23, 2008
Here If You Need Me: A True Story
by Kate Braestrup
Author Kate Braestrup will speak to the group and take questions. Reception and book signing to follow.
October 28
Of Men and Their Mothers
by Mameve Medwed
Author Mameve Medwed will speak to the group and take questions. Reception and book signing to follow.
November 18
Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
by Erik Larson
 
December 16
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terror and Build Nations--One School at a Time
by Greg Mortensen and David O. Relin
 
January 27, 2009
Water for Elephants: A Novel
by Sara Gruen
 
February 24
Nineteen Minutes: A Novel
by Jodi Picoult
 
March 26 (Thursday)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
(GrotonREADS 2009 selection)
by Barbara Kingsolver
 
April 28
Major: A Black Athlete, a White Era, and the Fight to Be the World's Fastest Human Being
by Todd Balf
 
May 26
Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America
by Russell Shorto
 
June 23
Knockemstiff
by Donald Ray Pollack
The final event of the year will be a pot luck dinner at a member’s home. Call the library for more information.