2009 in Review

We lost a member.

We gained a member.

We had members go on sabbatical.

We had long lost members return.

We read:

3 True Stories:

a woman who survived the Rwandan genocide

a professor dying of cancer

a woman lawyer during Iranian Revolution

2 Children’s Stories:

Eighth grade boy in the 60s

Fable - rabbit who learned to love

2 Historical fiction:

Holocaust story narrated by death

A leper girl in Hawaii during the early 1900s

1 Classic:

An allegorical novel - boy’s spiritual journey during the time of Buddha

1 Fairy-tale:

Re-telling of Cinderella

1 Mystery:

Small town prejudice in the south during World War II

1 Contemporary Novel:

Girl sues her parents for medical emancipation.