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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
year of wonders

 
(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
pianoteacher

(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
halfsky

(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
someoneknowsname

(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
professormadman

 (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
fruithands

(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
lostcityz


(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
awaitreply


(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
greatworldspin


(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!
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