BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS 2008-2009

WEDNESDAY MORNINGS
Morning discussion groups meet the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 9:15–11am.

TUESDAY EVENINGS
Evening discussion groups meet on one Tuesday each month from 7–8:30pm.

Groups meet in the Friends Meeting Room of the Central Library
1000 Avocado Avenue, Newport Beach, CA 92660

Participation is free.
Authors are not present.
These open, informal forums will discuss the selected literary works listed below:

Morning Discussion Group
Wednesdays @ 9:15am

September 10
The Emperor's Daughter
by Claire Messud

October 8
Coal
by Barbara Freese

November 12
The Last Tycoon
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Special guest: Frances Kroll Ring, Fitzgerald’s former secretary

December 10
Fire in the Blood
by Irene Nemerovsky

January 14
The Zookeeper's Wife
by Diane Ackerman

February 11
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Foer

March 11
Cod
by Mark Kurlansky

April 8
The Monsters of Templeton
by Lauren Groff

May 13
Their Eyes were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston

June 10
Hell
by Kathryn Davis

July 8
Loving Frank
by Nancy Horan

Evening Discussion Group

Dates:
Tuesday, September 9 @ 7pm
Tuesday, October 21 @ 7pm

Titles to be announced.

Free admission. No reservations required.
Please note: authors will not be present.