Thursday, August 11, 2011

The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachmann

It’s time to talk books with the Fairfax Library Book Discussion Group!

When? Thursday, August 11th at 7 p.m.
What Book? The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachmann

Check out these links for additional information:

Diane Rehm show transcript discussion of The Imperfectionists
The Death of the Reader
Please stop whining about the death of journalist (Huffington Post)

Upcoming Book Choices:

Thursday, September 8th: Emily Alone by Stewart O'Nan
O'Nan checks back in with the Maxwell family from Wish You Were Here in this bracingly unsentimental, ruefully humorous, and unsparingly candid novel about the emotional and physical travails of old age.

Thursday, October 13th: The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien
Weapons and good-luck charms carried by U.S. soldiers in Vietnam here represent survival, lost innocence and the war's interminable legacy. "O'Brien's meditations--on war and memory, on darkness and light--suffuse the entire work with a kind of poetic form, making for a highly original, fully realized novel (Publishers Weekly)

Thursday, November 10th: The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
Pulitzer Prize-winning short novel by Eudora Welty, published in 1972. This partially autobiographical story explores the subtle bonds between parent and child and the complexities of love and grief.

Thursday, December 8th: The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since.
Timothy Egan’s critically acclaimed account rescues this iconic chapter of American history from the shadows in a tour de force of historical reportage. Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Egan tells of their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black dust blizzards, crop failure, and the death of loved ones.


I look forward to seeing you at the Fairfax Library.

Thanks for reading with us!

Beth Bailey-Gates
Friends of the Fairfax Library