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[ELG] Illinois Club Literature Group
2015-2016
Please note new meeting time, 3:00 pm
The Illinois Club Literature Group, formerly Evening Literature Group (ELG),
continues a 70-plus-year tradition of book discussion. We meet in members' homes
at 3:00 PM on the third Monday of the month, excepting December and January,
to hear a review of the month's book and engage in lively discussion,
accompanied by refreshments. We welcome people to join us for a meeting
to try out the group. Ongoing participation requires membership in
The Illinois Club (see
https://theillinoisclub.org
for more information). For more about LG/ELG,
please contact co-chairs Kathy Marshak or Kathleen Weibel at
literature@theillinoisclub.org.
Jul 20 - 3:30pm - Revolutionary Summer, the Birth of American Independence by Joseph Ellis
Alfred A. Knopf, 2013; 252 pages
Ellis, a story teller as well as a respected historian, weaves politics with military strategy in a fast-moving tale Americans think they know but typically do not.
| Host: Kathleen Weibel | Facilitator: Pauline Cochrane |
| Co-Host: Kathleen Weibel |
Aug 17 - 3:30pm - Mike and Psmith or any other book by P.G. Wodehouse
Mike and Psmith is an early P.G. Wodehouse novel about old friends, school, and cricket. It is hard to get, so if you can't locate a copy, please read any work by Wodehouse.
| Host: Jenifer Cartright | Facilitator: Kathleen Weibel |
| Co-Host: Everyone bring light refreshment |
Sep 21 - 3:00pm - Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
Alfred A. Knopf, 2013; 270 pages
Mixing anecdotes, data and opinion, Facebook Chief Operating Officer, Sheryl Sandburg, discusses the challenges women face in succeeding at work. A book that gets people talking.
| Host: Marta Durantini | Reviewer: Andrea Beller |
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Oct 19 - 3:00pm - Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Little,Brown & Company, 2013; 529 pages
A cleverly structured novel about a British family in the first part of the 20th century. Incidents repeat, with significant variations based on "what-if. . ." differences.
| Host: Joanne Conerty | Reviewer: Kathleen Weibel |
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Nov 16 - 3:00pm - Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Peter Davies, 1951; 204 pages
In this classic British detective story, a modern Scotland Yard Inspector uses historical documents brought to his hospital bed to investigate the crimes of King Richard III.
| Host: Diane Dold | Reviewer: Pauline Cochrane |
| Co-Host: Diane Dold |
Feb 15, 2016 - 3:00 Through the Language Glass by Guy Deutscher
Henry Holt, 2010; 304 pages
Does language reflect culture? Deutscher argues that it does, while discussing color, language complexity, the history of linguistics, and much more.
| Host: Marta Durantini | Reviewer: Marta Durantini |
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March 21 - 3:00pm - Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Viking, 2001; 308 pages
Plague! The year is 1666. One survivor, 18-year-old Anna Frith, tells the story of her village's response to the illness that engulfs them and kills many, including her own family.
April 18 - 3:00pm - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
Penguin, 2005; 294 pages
A comic first novel with a twist, featuring warring sisters, their father who is an expert on tractors, a Ukrainian gold digger, and the unearthing of family secrets.
May 16 - 3:00pm - Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
Harper, 2009; 297 pages
Sixty years in the lives of a small North Dakota Chippewa group. This debut novel was the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award. Erdrich has revised it in subsequent editions. We'll read the most recent edition, 2009.
| Host: Jane Myers | Reviewer: |
| Co-Host: Jane Myers |
June 20 - 3:00pm - Dead Wake by Erik Larson
Crown Publishers, 2015; 430 pages
The latest narrative non-fiction from the author of The Devil and the White City focuses on the 1915 sinking of the British ship RMS Lusitania by a German submarine.
| Host: | Facilitator: Sandy Camargo |
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Questions:
literature@theillinoisclub.org.
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