Book Club

What We're Reading Now

The Help

Author: Kathryn Stockett

Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step.

Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.

In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women--mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends--view one another. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't.

Next meeting:	Thursday, January 20, 2011
Location:	Volunteer Services- 2 Normandie Hall (click for directions)
RSVP:	E-mail or call 314-516-4106 by Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Feel free to bring your lunch. We'll provide drinks and snacks. We were not able to reserve the book discussion kit but it appears there are numerous copies of the book available at your local library.

Previous Reads

Volunteer Recommended Reads *clicking on the book title links to google books information

The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century by Thomas L. Friedman
Tender At the Bone by Ruth Reichel
The Commitments by Roddy Doyle
Eat, Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Piccoult
For One More Day by Mitch Albom
Book Lust by Nancy Pearl
How Starbucks Saved My Life by Michael Gates Gill
I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

Book Clip Art

Do you have used books in your attic or basement?

Bring in your paperback or hard cover books!
Swap for mysteries, novels, romance, biographies,
history, suspense and much, much more!

Stop by the Volunteer Services office to check out the current books available or to drop off your own books.