The BOOK
CLUB
New members are always welcome. Come every month, or only when the
book interests you!
The next BOOK CLUB meeting will be
TUESDAY, MAY 25 @ 7pm
Abiding Savior Lutheran Church
On the corner of 51st St. & Bradley Rd.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Narrator Renee Michel is a fifty-four-year-old woman who has worked for twenty-seven years as concierge of a small Parisian apartment building Renee grew up poor and quit school at age twelve, but throughout her life she has studied philosophy secretly, searching for knowledge about who she is and how she fits into the grand scheme of life. She finds it prudent to keep
her rich intellectual life hidden. Alternating with Renee's thoughts about her life and studies, are the musings of Paloma Josse, a twelve-year-old who lives in the apartment building. Like Renee, Paloma pretends to be just average, carefully constructing her own façade so that she can fit in at school. As the lives of Renee and Paloma unfold and overlap, the rough parallels in their lives become obvious.
COMING UP:
• June 22 – The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
• July 27 – Little Bee by Chris Cleave
• September 28 – The Catcher in the Rye by J.D.
Salinger
• October 26 - A Million Miles in a Thousand
Years by Donald Miller
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