Book Club Meeting, December 7, 2016

"The Hare With Amber Eyes" proved engaging and interesting to all. Edmund deWaal traced his family history through the ownership of a collection of netsuke. The cultural, social and political history ranged began in Paris in the 1890's, moving to Vienna through World War II, then to post war Japan, and finally to England. We had an unexpected unique contribution, three netsuke brought by Bill Fahrenbach, from his personal collection. The physical objects enhanced our appreciation of the impact made by the netsuke.


Our next book will be "Midnight's Children" by Salman Rushdie. Here is a link to one of the many reviews of this novel, this one from the New York Times.

We next meet Wednesday, February 1, in Room 115 of the Richardson Library. Discussion begins at 1:30, with the room open at 1 pm. for anyone who wants to bring in a brown bag lunch.  For further information contact Kathryn DeGraff or Helen Marlborough.

As we considered titles for future consideration, rather than simply review our existing lists, we decided to have all participants submit titles they would like to read to Kathryn DeGraff. We review the list at each meeting.