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MONTHLY DISCUSSION
Mar 7 at 7pm
World and Town
by Gish Jen
Hattie Kong—the daughter of a descendant of Confucius and an American missionary to China—has, in her fiftieth year of living in the United States, lost both her husband and her best friend to cancer. Now two years later, she has decided to move to a small town hoping for a simple, American life. But the arrival of cell-phones, chain stores, financial hardship and fundamentalist Christians have changed the character of the town. How Hattie reacts to all of this and defines her new world is at the heart of this humorous and enthralling novel.
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NONFICTION DISCUSSION
March 12 at 7pm
Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure
by Matthew Algeo
In June 1953, Harry Truman packed the trunk of his Chrysler New Yorker, and did something no other former president has done before or since: he hit the road. No Secret Service protection. No traveling press. Just Harry and Bess, off to visit old friends, take in a Broadway play, and celebrate their wedding anniversary in the Big Apple. Hopefully incognito. In this lively history, author Matthew Algeo meticulously details how Truman’s plan to blend in went wonderfully awry. He revisits the Trumans’ route, staying at the same hotels and eating at the same diners, and takes readers on interesting cultural detours. By the end of the 2,500-mile journey, you will have a new and heartfelt appreciation for America’s last citizen-president.
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