Madison Public Library Book Group

 Books for Discussion April - June 2008            

     Monday nights in the Staff Room – Newcomers Welcome!

 

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The Zookeeper’s Wife  by Diane Ackerman

This dramatic narrative relates the heroic actions of two zookeepers in war-torn Poland who save many lives by turning their zoo into a refuge from the Nazis.  An unforgettable story, rescued from obscurity by Ackerman’s meticulous research.
 

Monday, April 21, 7:30-8:30 pm
 

 

 

                       

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Sense and Sensibility  by Jane Austen

Austen’s entertaining first novel follows the fortunes of two sisters thrust into genteel poverty by the death of their father.  Witty, satirical, and unsettling, Sense and Sensibility, has become a favorite of twentieth century Austen readers.

Monday, May 19, 7:30-8:30 pm

 

 

                                                           

 

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Three Cups of Tea  by Greg Mortenson

An uplifting story of changing lives by building schools in the

Taliban-controlled mountains of Afghanistan.

Monday, June 16, 7:30-8:30 pm