“Regional Voices” Book Discussion Series
A Book discussion series focusing on award–winning fiction from different regions of the US. Read & compare the voices from the South, West & North
From the North...
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri
An incisive portrait of the immigrant experience follows the Ganguli family from their traditional life in India through their arrival in Massachusetts in the late 1960s and their difficult melding into an American way of life, in a debut novel that spans three decades, two continents, and two generations. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies.
When: Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 @ 7:00 PM
“Summer Classics”What: Mark Twain said a classic is " a book which people praise and don't read." Now's your chance to READ and discuss a few Classics!
When: 3rd Tuesday in June, July, & Aug @ 7:00 PM
Where: Stone Soup Books, 908 W Main St, Waynesboro
Books can be purchased at Stone Soup. Open to all ages. Free event. Come join any or all of these lively discussions.And the Books are….
Siddhartha
by Hermann HesseDiscussion date: Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 @ 7:00 PM
Emma
by Jane AustenDiscussion date: Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 @ 7:00 PM
The Red Pony
by John Steinbeck
Discussion date: Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 @ 7:00 PM
“Teen Book Club”
APRIL:
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Follow Kristina (a character based on Hopkin’s own daughter) through a drug addiction to Crystal Meth, also known as Crank. Crank is a novel written in verse poetry, and will keep you turning the pages until you’re finished with it; you may even find yourself
re-reading it.The meeting for Crank is on April 26 @ 3:00pm.
MAY:
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
In Slaughterhouse-Five, Vonnegut introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, who is abducted by aliens and is taken to the planet Tralfamadore. A science fiction tale, Slaughterhouse Five is one to be read.
The meeting for Slaughterhouse-Five is on May 31 @ 3:00pm.
