Non Fiction Book Club
On Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 3:00 pm we will meet to discuss The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Mukherjee begins this story in the 1600's with the discovery of cells through handmade microscopes and leads the reader through modern research and medicine.
Our meetings are in a hybrid format with both in person attendance and via Zoom. Zoom information will be distributed prior to each meeting. To get more information about the book club, to be added to our distribution list or to suggest a book discussion, please contact Jim Baroody (jimbaroody@gmail.com).
Women's Book Club
Thursday, January 9 at 7:00 pm
We hope you can join us on in Christ Church's Fellowship room or via Zoom (link to come in January) to discuss Tracy Chavalier's The Glassmaker.
"In 1486, Orsola Rosso is the eldest daughter in a family of glassblowers in Murano, Italy. As a woman, she is not meant to blow glass--but when her father dies, she teaches herself to make beads in secret, and her work becomes the cornerstone of the Rosso family fortunes. Skipping like a stone through the centuries, we follow Orsola and her family as they live through creative triumph and heartbreaking loss, from a plague rearing its head over Venice to Continental soldiers stripping its palazzos bare, from the domination of Murano and its maestros to the transformation of the city of trade into a city of tourists. In every era, the Rosso women ensure that their work, and their bonds, endure"-- Provided by publisher.For more information, please contact Pam Burch, (pburch1@rochester.rr.com.)
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