1997 Selections

January 4, 1997

Paula by Isabel Allende

Selected by Lisa

Meeting hosted by Lisa

February 8, 1997

Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco

Selected by Jim

Meeting and afternoon tea at the Jefferson Hotel

First Anniversary Celebration

March 1, 1997

Topic: Poems by Pablo Neruda

Selected by Mark

Meeting hosted by Mark

Recommended texts:

• Five Decades : A Selection (Poems 1925-1970) edited & translated by Ben Belitt
• Twenty Love Poems : And a Song of Despair translated by W.S. Merwin

April 12, 1997

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Selected by Tom

Meeting hosted by Robin

May 1997

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

Selected by Yvonne

Meeting hosted by Yvonne

For more information about this book, visit the Ishmael web site

June 14, 1997

Henry the Fifth by William Shakespeare

Shakespeare Free for All at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre

July 1997

The Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje

Selected by Lisa

Meeting hosted by Lisa

August 1997

Naked Came the Manatee : A Serial Suspense Novel

Edited by Carl Hiaasen

Authors:

• Elmore Leonard
• Dave Barry
• James W. Hall
• Edna Buchanan
• Les Standiford
• Paul Levine
• Brian Antoni
• Tananarive Due
• John Dufresne
• Vicki Hendricks
• Carolina Hospital
• Evelyn Mayerson
• Carl Hiaasen

Selected by Robin

Meeting held at The Gathering Place

October 11, 1997

General topic: Kurt Vonnegut

Selected by Jim

Meeting hosted by Jim & Susan

Books read by members:

• Slaughterhouse-Five -- Robin
• Mother Night -- Lisa
• Timequake -- Tom
• Player Piano -- Mark
• The Sirens of Titan -- Yvonne
• Cat's Cradle -- Jim
• God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater -- Susan

November 22, 1997

High Spirits by Robertson Davies

Selected by Mark

Hosted by Yvonne

Attended the movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, the October 1996 book club selection