Meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 10:30 a.m.
At the Athens-Clarke County Library
The third Wednesday of the month, Talking About Books (TAB) Discussion Group, is made up of a diverse group of people, mostly retirees, who come together in the spirit of learning and friendship, to discuss literature, both fiction and non-fiction, classic and contemporary. Book choices are submitted throughout the year and voted on semi-annually by the group itself. Book choices are announced each month with time for purchase or PINES holds. Author biographies and discussion questions (when available) are provided. Anyone is welcomed to join us - all you need is a desire to read good literature and spend an hour in friendly conversation.
Please contact Sarah List at slist@athenslibrary.org or 706-613-3650 to find out if the meeting will be virtual or in-person.
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Find your local library branch and its hours to visit us in-person,chat with us using our Ask a Librarian service or contact us for help!
Cleopatra: a Life by Stacy Schiff: The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Though her life spanned fewer than 40 years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. - Publisher
The Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim: In early-twentieth-century Korea, Najin Han, the privileged daughter of a calligrapher, longs to choose her own destiny. Smart and headstrong, she is encouraged by her mother--but her stern father is determined to maintain tradition, especially as the Japanese steadily gain control of his beloved country. - Publisher
And Thereby Hangs a Tale by Jeffrey Archer: Tragic, comic, outrageous—these fifteen tales from international bestselling author Jeffrey Archer showcase his remarkable talent for capturing an unforgettable moment in time...
In India, in “Caste-Off,” a man and woman fall in love while waiting for a traffic light to turn green on the streets of Delhi...
From Germany comes “A Good Eye,” about a priceless oil painting that has remained in the same family for over two hundred years, until...
To the Channel Islands and “Members Only,” where a golf ball falls out of a Christmas cracker, and a young man’s life will never be the same...
To Italy and “No Room at the Inn,” where a young man who is trying to book a hotel room ends up in bed with the receptionist, unaware that she...
To England, where, in “High Heels,” a woman has to explain to her husband why a pair of designer shoes couldn’t have gone up in flames... -Publisher
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez: It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found dead near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their death as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Leonidas Trujillo's dictatorship. It doesn't have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas--the Butterflies. In this extraordinary novel, the voices of all four sisters--Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé--speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from hair ribbons and secret crushes to gunrunning and prison torture, and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo's rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez's imagination, the martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage, love, and the human cost of political oppression -Publisher
LOGIN | HELP | VIDEO TUTORIALS
