This I Believe by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman

Our next book group will be on Wednesday, August 22nd at 7:30pm at Liz's house.  We will be discussing This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of  Remarkable Men and Women by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman.  It is a collection of short essays, so feel free to read as few or as many as you can and come join us for the discussion.

"Based on the National Public Radio series of the same name, This I Believe features eighty essayists--from the famous to the unknown--completing the thought that begins the book's title. Each piece compels readers to rethink not only how they have arrived at their own personal beliefs but also the extent to which they share them with others.

"Featuring a well-known list of contributors--including Isabel Allende, Colin Powell, Gloria Steinem, William F. Buckley Jr., Penn Jillette, Bill Gates, and John Updike--the collection also contains essays by a Brooklyn lawyer; a part-time hospital clerk from Rehoboth, Massachusetts; a woman who sells Yellow Pages advertising in Fort Worth, Texas; and a man who serves on the state of Rhode Island's parole board.

"The result is a stirring and provocative trip inside the minds and hearts of a diverse group of people whose beliefs--and the incredibly varied ways in which they choose to express them--reveal the American spirit at its best."    --From GoodReads.com

A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

Our next book group will be on Wednesday, July 25th at 7:30pm at Nancy's house.  We'll be discussing Nevil Shute's A Town Like Alice.  Here's a short summary from GoodReads.com:


"Nevil Shute’s most beloved novel, a tale of love and war, follows its enterprising heroine from the Malayan jungle during World War II to the rugged Australian outback.

"Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman living in Malaya, is captured by the invading Japanese and forced on a brutal seven-month death march with dozens of other women and children. A few years after the war, Jean is back in England, the nightmare behind her. However, an unexpected inheritance inspires her to return to Malaya to give something back to the villagers who saved her life. Jean travels leads her to a desolate Australian outpost called Willstown, where she finds a challenge that will draw on all the resourcefulness and spirit that carried her through her war-time ordeals."