Lay Led GroupsPhilosophy & Literature Group
All of our meetings are at 7:00 PM on the second Sunday of the month except in May; we yield to Mother’s Day and hold our meeting on the third Sunday in May.
Members are asked to notify the host in advance of their intention to attend. Our meetings are open to all members of UCH. Non-group-member guests who plan to attend are urged to notify the host a few days in advance.
For information about this list, please contact Dick Hoke,
rrhoke@aol.com, or 737-3973.
2012 Book List |
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| MONTH | BOOK | AUTHOR | HOST* |
| January 8 | The Whistling Season | Ivan Doig | Colman |
| February 12 | The Feast of the Goat | Mario Vargas-Llosa | Susskind* |
| March 11 | The Disappearing Spoon | Sam Kean | Dourte |
| April 8 | The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America | Tim Egan | Pratt |
| May 20 | The Ethical Brain | Michael Gazzaniga | Hoke |
| June 10 | Rainbow Pie: Memoirs of a Redneck | Joe Bageant | Linder * |
| July 8 | The Marriage Plot | Jeffrey Eugenides | Hoke |
| August 12 | **Madame Bovary (new translation by Lydia Davis) | Gustave Flaubert | Sitrin |
| September 9 | 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created | Charles Mann | Linder * |
| October 14 | Debt: The First 5,000 Years | David Graeber | McHenry * |
| November 11 | Thinking, Fast and Slow | Daniel Kahneman | Colman |
*Meeting will be held at the host’s home; directions will be provided. All other meetings will be at the Clover Lane church. Host identifies the person who suggested the book and is responsible for initiating discussion. Light refreshments are generally provided by the host, but other members may choose to volunteer for this responsibility.