May 16th Book Club @ 12:30pm @ GCC Library

For our May 21st book club, we will be reading a non-fiction book called Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish by Sue Bender.

From Publishers Weekly

Modern-day career woman and homemaker Bender tells of the compulsion--for Amish dolls and quilts that seemed to evoke a simpler life--that took her from New York State to Iowa and Ohio, where she lived with sympathetic Amish families and began the journey of self-discovery here described. The unvarying rhythm of "plain" lives, the importance placed on every day's manual labor and the absence of contemporary distractions such as telephones and microwaves proved revelatory; the one-time Californian was awed by "an aesthetic leanness, a paring down that I have come to appreciate." In her graceful tribute to a community of people who value the ordinary as an end in itself, Bender allows us to sojourn vicariously miles away from the frenzy of contemporary urban life.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO THE COUPONING CLASS, YOU CAN STILL ATTEND. PLEASE BRING SOMETHING TO SHARE. COFFEE/TEA WILL BE PROVIDED.

April Book Club discussion

We had a wonderful time discussing the book "Prayers for Sale" by Sandra Dallas. Everyone who read the book really enjoyed it -- have you finished it yet, Sharon? We were a little bit limited on what we could say because we didn't want to spoil the ending for those who hadn't read it. We like Sandra's writings as she has the ability to get you into the characters she writes about. Most of her books are based around the same era and a lot of them are located in Colorado. The author lived in Colorado which might be why.

Thank you, Alison, for opening up your home to us. It was a nice, quaint group with some wonderful food and fellowship. We rec'd some input from those of you who could not attend and from one of our out-of-towners. Thank you for your input. We want to hear MORE from you.