RT Library Lunchtime Book Club

Main Library Hours
Monday - Friday	9am - 9pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday (Sept-May)	1pm- 4pm
Hibernia Hours
Monday	9:30am-5:30pm
Wednesday	1pm - 9pm

RT Library Lunchtime BookClub

Bring your lunch and join us for the Lunchtime Book Club. We meet at Rockaway Township Library on one Tuesday afternoon each month from 11:45am-1:00pm. RT Library provides the beverages. Registration is not required: you are welcome to join us for any discussion. RT Library obtains copies of each month's selection which are then borrowed by bookclub members. Download Lunchtime BookClub Reading List For more information, call the library at 973-627-2344 or email us at rockawaytwplibrary@rtlibrary.org
JAN 19	The Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
	(2001, Historical fiction, 308 pgs.) Based on the true story of the village of Eyam, England, whose inhabitants voluntarily quarantined themselves for a year when stricken with Bubonic Plague in 1665 . This harrowing story is told from the perspective of 18-year-old Anna Frith, a heroic widow with two young sons.
FEB 16	The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee
	(2009, International fiction, 328 pgs.) A best-selling debut novel dealing with the rigors of love and survival in war-torn 1952 Hong Kong, and the consequences of choices made under duress
MAR 16	Half the Sky: turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wu Dunn
	(2009, Non-fiction, 294 pgs.) Two reporters make a strong case for investing in the health and autonomy of women worldwide. They argue that it is impossible for countries to climb out of poverty if only a fraction of women (9% in Pakistan, for example) participate in the labor force.
APR 20	Someone Knows my Name by Lawrence Hill
	(2007, Fiction, 486 pgs.) An inspiring novel about an 18th Century woman, Aminata Diallo, whose adventures spanned three continents, doing what she could to free herself and o thers from slavery.
MAY 18	The Professor and the Madman: a tale of murder, insanity and the making of the Oxford English Dictionary Simon Winchester
	(1998, Non-fiction, 242 pgs.) The Oxford English Dictionary used 1,827,306 quotations to help define its 414,825 words. Tens of thousands of those in the first edition came from the erudite, moneyed American Civil War veteran Dr. W.C. Minor from a cell at the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum.
JUN 15 til 1:30pm	The Fruit of her Hands: the story of Shira of Ashkenaz Author Michelle Cameron will join us for the discussion
	(2009, NJ Author, Historical Fiction, 422 pgs. ) Special Meeting Time : 11:45-1:30pm MEET THE AUTHOR! This well-researched novel describes the end of the Jewish presence in medieval France through its learned heroine, Shira, a 13th century woman raised like a son by her widowed father.
JUL 13	The Lost City of Z: a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon David Grann
	(2009, Non-fiction, 339 pgs.) After stumbling upon hidden diaries, Grann sets out to solve the greatest exploration mystery of the 20th century: what happened to British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Lost City of Z?
AUG 24	Await your Reply by Dan Chaon
	(2009, Contemporary fiction, 324 pgs.) A literary masterwork with the momentum of a thriller about three characters in which pasts are invented and reinvented and the future is seductively uncharted.
SEPT 14	Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
	(2009, Contemporary fiction, 349 pgs.) National Book Award 2009 winner offers a dazzling and hauntingly rich vision of the loveliness, pain, and mystery of life in New York City in the 1970s.
OCT 12	Title TBD
NOV 16	Title TBD
December 2010--- No meeting See you in January 2011!