Parent Book Club http://www.athensacademy.net/clubs/parentbookclub/ en Copyright 2007 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:09:43 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.35 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Digging to America Our first book this year is Anne Tyler's most recent novel (2006), Digging to America. We will meet at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 9 in the reading room in the media center. From amazon.com: Two families, who would otherwise never have come together, meet by chance at the Baltimore airport – the Donaldsons, a very American couple, and the Yazdans, Maryam’s fully assimilated son and his attractive Iranian wife. Each couple is awaiting the arrival of an adopted infant daughter from Korea. After the instant babies from distant Asia are delivered, Bitsy Donaldson impulsively invites the Yazdans to celebrate: an “arrival party” that from then on is repeated every year as the two families become more and more deeply intertwined. Even Maryam is drawn in – up to a point. When she finds herself being courted by Bitsy Donaldson’s recently widowed father, all the values she cherishes – her traditions, her privacy, her otherness–are suddenly threatened.

]]> http://www.athensacademy.net/clubs/parentbookclub/2007/09/digging_to_america.html http://www.athensacademy.net/clubs/parentbookclub/2007/09/digging_to_america.html Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:09:43 -0500 About the Book Club Who: The Library Guild Book Club is composed of library staff and of the current and retired members of the volunteer group that staffs the MS/US Media Center. The club is also open to any interested parents, faculty or staff.
When: 2nd Tuesday of the month, at noon
Where: The Reading Room in the Media Center
Where to buy books: We will have some copies in the Media Center, and titles will also be available at a 20% discount at Borders Books in the Beechwood Plaza Shopping Center.
What else: Bring your lunch! Drinks and dessert will be provided.
More questions? Please contact Dr. Mandyck in the Media Center.

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