by Patti Hinson | Jun 27, 2024 | Book Group, Upcoming
On July 21 at 2:30 p.m. we will discuss Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe at St. Matthew’s. This classic narrative about Africa’s cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent is told...
by Patti Hinson | May 1, 2024 | Book Group, Upcoming
On June 23 at 2:30 p.m. we will discuss The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese at St. Matthew’s. Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, this magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine is set in Kerala, South India, and follows three...
by Patti Hinson | Mar 22, 2024 | Book Group, Upcoming
On April 28 at 2:30 p.m. we will discuss Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden at St. Matthew’s. Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and startlingly immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. It begins in a...
by Patti Hinson | Feb 20, 2024 | Book Group, Upcoming
On March 17 at 2:30 p.m., we will explore The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey by Candice Millard at St. Matthew’s. At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait—this is the true story of...
by Patti Hinson | Jan 8, 2024 | Book Group, Upcoming
On February 18 at 2:30 p.m. we will discuss Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts at St. Matthew’s. This richly imagined novel tells the story behind The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the book that inspired the iconic film, through the eyes of...
by Patti Hinson | Dec 11, 2023 | Book Group, Upcoming
On January 7 at 2:30 p.m. we will discuss The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb at St. Matthew’s. Ray McMillian is a Black classical musician on the rise—undeterred by the pressure and prejudice of the classical music world—when a shocking...
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