Book Club
The Storrs Congregational Church Book Club was started in 2012 as part of the 275th anniversary festivities. Books are selected by group members and include fiction and nonfiction. Some authors have visited the group to talk about their books.
Some books we have discussed include:
- BECOMING, Michelle Obama
- CALEB’S CROSSING: A NOVEL, Geraldine Brooks
- HALF THE SKY: TURNING OPPRESSION INTO OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN WORLDWIDE, Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn
- JUST MERCY, Bryan Stevenson
- A MAN CALLED OVE, Frederick Bachman
- NATHAN HALE: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF AMERICA’S FIRST SPY, M. William Phelps
- THE NEW JIM CROW, Michelle Alexander
- NOTORIOUS RBG: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik
- REFUGEES, Viet Than Nguyen
- THE TEA GIRL OF HUMMINGBIRD LANE, Lisa See
- A WOMAN IS NO MAN, Etaf Rum
Cynthia Adams visited the club virtually and discussed ITALIAN SPICES: A MEMOIR, while Karen Guzman, ARBORVIEW, and Suzanne Davis, THE APPOINTED HOUR, led in-person discussions of their books. Priscilla Audette contacted the group and provided information for a discussion of her book LOST.
The club is currently meeting on the third Sunday of September, November, January, and March at 4:00pm. Meetings are held in-person in the SCC library and via Zoom.
Book Discussion for March 16, 2025:
4pm SCC Library and Zoom
Book Discussion for March 16, 2025 will be dedicated to “Choose a biography/memoir”. Readers will choose a biography or memoir, read it, and briefly share it at the meeting.
Availability: The SCC Library has a collection of biographies and memoirs, you may want to look there first. Other sources include Library Connection, audiobook, and e-book.
If you have any questions, please let Malta Bailey know.
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