Thomaston Library
Directions
Book Discussion Group
July - December 2009
The book
discussion group meets
the second Wednesday of every month
at 7:00 pm in the Community Room.
Copies of the book to be discussed are available at the library
three weeks prior to the discussion.
Father Joe
is Tony Hendra's inspiring true story of finding faith, friendship
and family through the decades-long influence of a wise Benedictine
monk named Father Joseph Warrillow. |
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Wednesday - August 12, 2009 Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty 
A vivid and charming portrait of a large southern
family, the Fairchilds, who live on a plantation in the Mississsippi
delta. The story, set in 1923, is exquisitely woven from the ordinary
events of family life, centered around the visit of a young relative
and the family's' preparations for a wedding. |
Four young children are orphaned when a bomb explodes on the Milan-Rome express train. Under the direction of the oldest sibling, Sam, they form a comedy troupe called Plum & Jaggers based on the parents' pet names for one another. The author traces the complexity of the family, offering a compassionate portrait of a courageous, troubled and resilient foursome. |
Living in a crumbling English castle, Cassandra
Mortmann wants to become a writer. Over six turbulent months, she
fills three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries chronicling
the great changes that take place within the castle's walls. By
the time she pens her final entry, she has "captured the castle." |
Ragtime captures the spirit of America in the era between the turn of the century and the First World War. It is a novel about three families and how their separate lives intertwine. An extraordinary tapestry, blending fantasy and historical fact, Ragtime changed the concept of what a novel could be. |
