Brookside Calendar
2024/2025 |
Book Titles |
Meeting
Place |
Discussion
Facilitator |
July /Aug |
No meetings!
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Sept 6 |
“The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves”
by Alexandra Hudson
(Karolyn)
“I Saw Ramallah”
by Mourid Barghouti
(Ghada)
“Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis 1956-1978”
by
Kai Bird
(Jeannie)
|
Jeannie |
Ghada |
Oct 11 |
“Just Kids”
by
Patti Smith
(Joselle)
|
Rossotti's Alpine Inn
Portola Valley |
Gretchen |
Nov 8 |
“And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle” by Jon Meacham
(Joselle)
|
Gretchen |
Joselle |
Dec 13 |
“The Paris Novel”
by Ruth Reichl
(Jeannie/Nancy)
“The French Ingredient: Making a Life in Paris One Lesson at a Time: A Memoir”
by Jane Bertch
(Nancy)
|
Joselle
|
Nancy? |
Jan 10
2025
|
“The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store”
by James McBride
(Nancy)
|
Chris |
Joselle? |
Feb 7 |
“You Have to be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America”
by Paul Kix
(Gretchen, Cathy)
“Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury”
By
Drew Gilpin Faust
(Jeannie)
|
Google Cafe
Mountain View
|
Jeannie?
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March 14 |
“Too Soon” A Novel”
by Betty Shamieh
(Ghada)
|
Ghada |
questions for
Betty |
April 4
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“The Women: A Novel”
by Kristin Hannah
(Nancy)
|
Nancy |
Chris |
May 2 |
Pick titles for 2024/2025
|
Virginia |
Jane |
June 27
|
“Burn Book: A Tech Love Story”
by Kara Swisher|
(Chris)
“System Error, Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot”
by Rob Reich, Mehrar Sahami and Jeremy M. Weinstein
(
Stanford Freshman required read)
|
Anne |
Chris? |
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