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Book Club

Welcome to the PRC bookclub. The bookclub meetings are held the 3rd Week of each month. This page has been set up as a reference for club members.


The meeting place is the Mi Ranchito restaurant on Manorhaven Blvd, in Port Washington, at 8pm, unless otherwise noted.

Click here to print out a registration form.

Below is the schedule for the Fall of 2010.

Sept. 15th - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Oct. 20th - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Nov. 17th - The Irresistible Henry House by Lisa Grunwald
Dec. 15th - One Day by David Nicholls
Jan. 19th - An Education by Lynn Barber (movie night -meeting at the home of Marlene Munnelly)

We will meet at Mi Ranchito restaurant on Manorhaven Blvd. at 8:00 pm.

One exception: the January meeting will take place at Marlene's home to watch the film version of An Education. Details on location will be emailed to group members.

For more information, contact group leaders Marlene Munnelly or Marion Rosenbaum

 

Current Book

A Tree Grows in BrooklynWednesday, September 15, 2010

The book will be A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn is a novel by Betty Smith first published in 1943. It relates the coming-of-age story of its main character, Francie Nolan, and her Austrian/Irish-American family in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City. The novel is set in the first and second decades of the 20th century. The book was an immense success, a nationwide best-seller that was distributed to servicemen overseas.
 

Books used for Past Meetings

American WifeFebruary 2010
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

 
Arsonist's GuideDecember 2009

The book was The Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England, by Brock Clarke
 

Session Book List

  • Sep – Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
  • Oct – The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit by Lucette Lagnado
  • Nov – In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
  • Dec – Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
  • Jan – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott