New Book Groups Put the Sizzle in Summer

Summer book groups are off to a great start! On June 13, the Rt. Rev. Jane Holmes Dixon and NPR talk show host Diane Rehm facilitated discussions about Kathryn Stockett’s best seller The Help with a standing-room-only crowd. On July 25, we chatted about mystery and history in People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. If you missed these, don't despair! You can still join us for our final book group session.

On Sunday, August 22, just in time for the return of college football, we’ll read The Blind Side by Michael Lewis, yes, the book that won an Oscar for Sandra Bullock. The Washington Post described it as the “amazing story of (Michael) Oher and his odyssey from a broken home and near street-person existence to big-time college football, through his friendship with…Sean Tuohy…and his dynamic wife, Leigh Anne…”

All book groups will be in the Meade Room at 6:00 pm. Questions? Contact the Rev. Erika Takacs. Click here to send Erika an email. We do hope you’ll join us!