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September 2012 book choice




September's Book Choice
"The World to Come"
by Dara Horn

Entertainment Weekly Editor's Choice
New York Times Editor's Choice
A Book-of-the Month Club Smart Readers Selection
A Book Sense Top 20 Pick
Winner of the 2006 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction
Winner of the 2007 Harold U. Ribalow Prize
Best of Young American Novelists 2007 - Granta






Prize-winning author Dara Horn interweaves mystery, romance, folklore, theology, history, and scripture into a spellbinding modern tale. She brings us on a breathtaking collision course of past, present, and future -- revealing both the ordinariness and the beauty of "the world to come." Nestling stories within stories, this is a novel of remarkable clarity and deep inner meaning.












August Bookgroup Dinner

Our end of summer group meeting was held at Lori's book-filled villa, a grand jolly time was had by one and all. The book made for interesting discussions regarding surgery, body parts and how much of "us" belongs to us? What about the needs of the scientific community and humanity? Is one persons freedom to much to sacrifice for the better of many?