ST. LUKE’S BOOK CLUB: 2015-2016
We’re celebrating our 17th year of page-turning fellowship!
Discussions begin at 7:15 p.m. in Canterbury Room. All are welcome.
This Year’s Theme: Perspectives on Faith
September 10: Family Furnishings: Selected Stories, 1995-2014 by Alice Munro
Short-story virtuoso Alice Munro highlights the extraordinary nature of daily life as she deftly leads her characters through ambiguities and insights. (636 pages)
October 1: Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a
Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free by Hector Tobar
This is the true account of a 2010 mining disaster. The miners were trapped for
69 days while rescuers worked toward an against-all-odds solution. (321 pages)
November 5: Still Alice by Lisa Genova
A 50-year-old college professor’s forgetfulness is diagnosed as early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Lisa Genova’s novel follows this accomplished woman as she loses pieces of her memory while struggling not to lose her self. (253 pages)
December 3: Blue Horses by Mary Oliver
Poet Mary Oliver’s exquisite layering of nature, emotion, and intellect make this volume a graceful accompaniment to our Holiday party. Join us as we celebrate the beauty of language and of fellowship. (96 pages) (Meeting location: TBA)
January 7: The English Major by Jim Harrison
After his wife divorces him and sells their Michigan farm—claiming most of the profit for herself—a 60-year-old former English teacher takes a road trip. His meanderings and misadventures result in a lively fictional tale. (284 pages)
February 4: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
This historical novel was inspired by real-life abolitionist sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimke. Set in Charleston, South Carolina, it focuses on a young African-American slave and the daughter of the family that owns her. (384 pages)
March 3: No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam
by Reza Aslan
Religious scholar Reza Aslan explores the history of Islam and its role in the contemporary world. (384 pages)
April 7: For the Time Being by Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard’s non-fiction work of spiritual wonderment is a journey through the underpinnings of major belief systems. As she discusses knowing that which is unknowable, she challenges us toward greater introspection and faith. (222 pages)
May 5: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
In the society of this classic futuristic novel, written in 1951, all books have been banned. Intellectual ideas are subversive and individualism is forbidden. What happens when an ordinary man questions these notions? (194 pages)