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Wednesday December 2, 2009
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11:00 AM
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Little Boston Book Discussion Group
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The Lottery by Patricia Wood.
The story of stubborn, simple everyman Perry Crandall, who wins the Washington State Lottery and finds his life changed. Wood's charming novel offers a refreshing glimpse of the world through the eyes of a man with limited cognitive abilities and boundless generosity of spirit.
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Location: Little Boston Library -- 31980 Little Boston Rd. NE.
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Tuesday December 15, 2009
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1:00 PM
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Bainbridge Senior Center Book Discussion
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Contact: Bainbridge Branch Library 206-842-4162
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The Gentleman From Finland by Bob Goldstein. A sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant story of the misadventures of a traveler who discovers that a journey on the world's longest rail line is much more than a long train ride.
Copies are available at Bainbridge Library.
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Location: Bainbridge Senior Center
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Wednesday December 16, 2009
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1:00 PM
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Silverdale Library Book Discussion Group
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Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky.
An extraordinary novel of life under Nazi occupation--discovered and published 62 years after the author's tragic death at Auschwitz. Subtle, often fiercely ironic, and deeply compassionate, it is both a piercing record of its time and a brilliant, profoundly moving work of art.
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Location: Silverdale Library -- 3450 NW Carlton, Silverdale 98383-8325, 360-692-2779
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Wednesday January 6, 2010
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11:00 AM
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Little Boston Book Discussion Group
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The Life of the Skies: Birding at the End of Nature by Jonathan Rosen.
Native New Yorker Rosen uses his personal fascination with bird watching to provide an eloquent and thoughtful backdrop for musings on history, philosophy, and the joy of discovering nature in unexpected places.
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Location: Little Boston Library -- 31980 Little Boston Rd. NE.
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Wednesday February 3, 2010
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11:00 AM
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Little Boston Book Discussion Group
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Interred With Their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell.
A literary adventure that takes the reader around the globe evading a killer, solving Shakespearean puzzles, and embarking on a deadly treasure hunt.
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Location: Little Boston Library -- 31980 Little Boston Rd. NE.
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Wednesday March 3, 2010
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11:00 AM
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Little Boston Book Discussion Group
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Daughter of China by Meihong Xu.
The true tale of a woman soldier in the Chinese Army, her forbidden love for an American, and her seemingly impossible escape from China.
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Location: Little Boston Library -- 31980 Little Boston Rd. NE.
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7:00 PM
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Bainbridge Island Book Group
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Contact: Bainbridge Branch Library 206-842-4162
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The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips.
In depression-era Alabama, two sisters in a coal-mining town set out to solve a mystery when one of them witnesses a woman toss a baby into a well in a story that explores themes of community, family, and coming together during hard times.
Meets the 1st Wednesday of each month.
Copies available at Bainbridge Branch Library.
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Location: Bainbridge Island Library -- 1270 Madison Avenue N., Bainbridge Island, 98110-2721, 206-842-4162
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Tuesday March 16, 2010
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1:00 PM
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Bainbridge Senior Center Book Discussion
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Contact: Bainbridge Branch Library 206-842-4162
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River of Doubt by Candice Millard.
At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, "The River of Doubt" is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on Earth, the Amazon.
Copies are available at Bainbridge Library.
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Location: Bainbridge Senior Center
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Wednesday April 7, 2010
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11:00 AM
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Little Boston Book Discussion Group
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
Bronte's brooding classic set a standard that few subsequent gothic romances can rival with its atmospheric first-person narrative of a governess, Byronic employer, and mysterious manor on the English moors.
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Location: Little Boston Library -- 31980 Little Boston Rd. NE.
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7:00 PM
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Bainbridge Island Book Group
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Contact: Bainbridge Branch Library 206-842-4162
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Ursula Under by Ingrid Hill.
Two-year-old Ursula Wong, of Chinese and Finnish decent, falls down a mine shaft in Upper Michigan, and as rescue efforts are carried on, stories about her remarkable ancestors are revealed.
Meets the 1st Wednesday of each month.
Copies available at Bainbridge Branch Library.
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Location: Bainbridge Island Library -- 1270 Madison Avenue N., Bainbridge Island, 98110-2721, 206-842-4162
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Tuesday April 20, 2010
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1:00 PM
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Bainbridge Senior Center Book Discussion
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Contact: Bainbridge Branch Library 206-842-4162
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Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
A historical and suspenseful tale of a boy's quest through the secrets and shadows of postwar Barcelona for a mysterious author whose book has proven to be as dangerous to own as it is impossible to forget.
Copies are available at Bainbridge Library.
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Location: Bainbridge Senior Center
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Wednesday May 5, 2010
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11:00 AM
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Little Boston Book Discussion Group
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Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones.
On a war torn tropical island, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens's classic Great Expectations.
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Location: Little Boston Library -- 31980 Little Boston Rd. NE.
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