tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87293307134748830872024-02-19T03:26:05.114-08:00Four Seasons Book ClubUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729330713474883087.post-83602967052744723842013-12-20T10:40:00.000-08:002013-12-20T10:40:20.405-08:00Winter 2014<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">The Four Seasons Book Club will be
meeting at the Middlebury Public Library on Tuesday, January 7th at 6:30
PM to discuss the title <em>Moloka’i</em> by Alan Brennert. Books are
available for pickup at the library. Light refreshments will be offered.
Join other busy moms in this special seasonal book club and escape the
snow with an armchair trip to a far away island. All are welcome. Please
contact Robyn Wright with any questions at robyn@robynlynndesign.com.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“This richly imagined novel, set in
Hawai’i more than a century ago, is an extraordinary epic of a
little-known time and place – and a deeply moving testament to the
resiliency of the human spirit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rachel Kalama, a spirited seven-year-old
Hawaiian girl, dreams of visiting far-off lands like her father, a
merchant seaman. Then one day a rose-colored mark appears on her skin,
and those dreams are stolen from her. Taken from her home and family,
Rachel is sent to Kalaupapa, the quarantined leprosy settlement on the
island of Moloka’i. Here her life is supposed to end – but instead she
discovers it is only just beginning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With a vibrant cast of vividly realized
characters, Moloka’i is the true-to-life chronicle of a people who
embraced life in the face of death. Such is the warmth, humor, and
compassion of this novel that ‘few readers will remain unchanged by
Rachel’s story.’”</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729330713474883087.post-62611727244907434372013-05-15T10:53:00.004-07:002013-05-30T10:25:23.606-07:00Summer 2013<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">"When Ravi Kapoor, an overworked London doctor, reaches the breaking
point with his difficult father-in-law, he asks his wife: “Can’t we just
send him away somewhere? Somewhere far, far away.” His prayer is
seemingly answered when Ravi’s entrepreneurial cousin sets up a
retirement home in India, hoping to re-create in Bangalore an elegant
lost corner of England. Several retirees are enticed by the promise of
indulgent living at a bargain price, but upon arriving, they are
dismayed to find that restoration of the once sophisiticated hotel has
stalled, and that such amenities as water and electricity are . . .
infrequent. But what their new life lacks in luxury, they come to find,
it’s plentiful in adventure, stunning beauty, and unexpected love".</span></span><br />
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village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes--"a blip on the fast road between
Toulouse and Bourdeaux"--in February, during the carnival. Three days
later, Vianne opens a luxuriant chocolate shop crammed with the most
tempting of confections and offering a mouth-watering variety of hot
chocolate drinks. It's Lent, the shop is opposite the church and open on
Sundays, and Francis Reynaud, the austere parish priest, is livid. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;">One by one the locals succumb to Vianne's concoctions. Joanne Harris
weaves their secrets and troubles, their loves and desires, into her
third novel, with the lightest touch. There's sad, polite Guillame and
his dying dog; thieving, beaten-up Joséphine Muscat; schoolchildren who
declare it "hypercool" when Vianne says they can help eat the window
display--a gingerbread house complete with witch. And there's Armande,
still vigorous in her 80s, who can see Anouk's "imaginary" rabbit,
Pantoufle, and recognizes Vianne for who she really is. However, certain
villagers--including Armande's snobby daughter and Joséphine's violent
husband--side with Reynaud. So when Vianne announces a Grand Festival of
Chocolate commencing Easter Sunday, it's all-out war: war between
church and chocolate, between good and evil, between love and dogma". </span></span></span><br />
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friendship, the loyalty of "sisters, and the secrets mothers keep. Now, in her
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troubled marriage with this provocative and timely portrait of a husband and
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</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">Like many couples, Michael and Jolene Zarkades have to face the pressures of
everyday life---children, careers, bills, chores---even as their twelve-year
marriage is falling apart. Then an unexpected deployment sends Jolene deep into
harm’s way and leaves defense attorney Michael at home, unaccustomed to being a
single parent to their two girls. As a mother, it agonizes Jolene to leave her
family, but as a solider she has always understood the true meaning of duty. In
her letters home, she paints a rose-colored version of her life on the front
lines, shielding her family from the truth. But war will change Jolene in ways
that none of them could have foreseen. When tragedy strikes, Michael must face
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Footlight MT Light"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 9; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-text-raise: 0%; vertical-align: baseline;">"Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" </span><span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light"; font-size: 18pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Footlight MT Light"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 9; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-text-raise: 0%; vertical-align: baseline;">by Lisa See. </span></span><br />
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up, ask for more information or check out a book, please ask for Jan.</span></span></div>
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enjoy a cupcake, consider the books that we'll read, schedule movie nights and
discuss the book and movie of the season. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Footlight MT Light"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Footlight MT Light"; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 9; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-text-raise: 0%; vertical-align: baseline;">Good discussions come with
good company, so please think about joining us for an uncomplicated evening
with friends.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #984807; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 9; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #984807; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">"In
nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the
tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, an “old same,” in an emotional
match that will last a lifetime. The laotong, Snow Flower, introduces herself
by sending Lily a silk fan on which she’s written a poem in nu shu, a unique
language that Chinese women created in order to communicate in secret, away
from the influence of men. As the years pass, Lily and Snow Flower send
messages on the fan and compose stories on handkerchiefs, reaching out of
isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments. Together they
endure the agony of footbinding and reflect upon their arranged marriages,
their loneliness, and the joys and tragedies of motherhood. The two find solace
in their friendship, developing a bond that keeps their spirits alive. But when
a misunderstanding arises, their relationship suddenly threatens to tear apart.</span></div>
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Secret Fan </span><span style="color: #984807; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 9; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #984807; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">is a captivating journey back to an era of Chinese history that is
as deeply moving as it is sorrowful".</span></div>
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