Food for Thought Book Group

The Food for Thought book discussion group meets at the Library from fall through spring, usually at 7 PM on the third Wednesday of the month. New members are always welcome.

Copies of the books will be available at the circulation desk, while supplies last.

Selection scheduled for January 20:

The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic – and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

by  Steven Johnson                                                    

It’s the summer of 1854 and London is seized by a violent outbreak of cholera that no one knows how to stop. As the epidemic spreads, a maverick physician and a local curate are spurred to action, working to solve the most pressing medical riddle of their time………a thrilling account of the most intense cholera outbreak to strike Victorian London and a powerful explanation of how it has shaped the world we live in.

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Reading List and Schedule for the 2009-2010 Food For Thought Book Group:

January 20: Ghost Map:  The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic by Steven Johnson

February 17: Lamoille Stories:  Uncle Benoit’s Wake and Other Tales from Vermont by Bill Schubart

March 17: The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded Americans is Tearing Us Apart by Bill Bishop

April 21: The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch

May 19: Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng

June 16: Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri

~ Titles and dates subject to change~