The Women's Book Group meets on the last Sunday (usually) of each month at 2:00 pm at the church to discuss literature, usually contemporary novels, of interest to women. Members share responsibility for selecting the books and providing refreshments. All women are welcome to join at any time.
September 27, 2009
The Last Lecture
by Randy Pausch
October 25, 2009
Bridge of Sighs: A Novel
by Richard Russo
November 22, 2009
The Lost Madonna
by Kelly Jones
December 27, 2009
Mrs. Mike
by Benedict & Nancy Freedman
January 24, 2010
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
by Janet Wallach
February 28, 2010
The Emancipator's Wife (A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln)
by Barbara Hambly
March 28, 2010
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Hurston
April 25, 2010
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom (P.S.)
by Simon Winchester
May 23,2010
The Other Queen: A Novel
by Phillipa Gregory
June 27, 2010
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love
by Dava Sobel
Everyone knows that Galileo Galilei dropped cannonballs off the leaning tower of Pisa, developed the first reliable telescope, and was convicted by the Inquisition for holding a heretical belief--that the earth revolved around the sun. But did you know he had a daughter? In Galileo's Daughter, Dava Sobel (author of the bestselling Longitude) tells the story of the famous scientist and his illegitimate daughter, Sister Maria Celeste. Sobel bases her book on 124 surviving letters to the scientist from the nun, whom Galileo described as "a woman of exquisite mind, singular goodness, and tenderly attached to me." Their loving correspondence revealed much about their world: the agonies of the bubonic plague, the hardships of monastic life, even Galileo's occasional forgetfulness ("The little basket, which I sent you recently with several pastries, is not mine, and therefore I wish you to return it to me").
While Galileo tangled with the Church, Maria Celeste--whose adopted name was a tribute to her father's fascination with the heavens--provided moral and emotional support with her frequent letters, approving of his work because she knew the depth of his faith. As Sobel notes, "It is difficult today ... to see the Earth at the center of the Universe. Yet that is where Galileo found it." With her fluid prose and graceful turn of phrase, Sobel breathes life into Galileo, his daughter, and the earth-centered world in which they lived. --Sunny Delaney
July 25, 2010
The Double Bind 
by Chris Bohjalian
Best known for the provocative and powerful novel, Midwives (an Oprah Book Club® Selection), Chris Bohjalian writes beautiful and riveting fiction featuring what the San Francisco Chronicle dubbed "ordinary people in heartbreaking circumstances behaving with grace and dignity." In his new novel, The Double Bind, a literary thriller with references to (and including characters from) The Great Gatsby, Bohjalian takes readers on a haunting journey through one woman's obsession with uncovering a dark secret. ... --Daphne Durham
August 22, 2010
The August Meeting will be a planning meeting for the year ahead. Members will be asked to suggest books for consideration for the 2010 calendar.
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