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People of the Book
GJC’s Jewish Book Reading Group meets at 7:15pm on the first Tuesday of each month at Big Blue Marble Bookstore. We read fiction and nonfiction books of Jewish interest written mostly, but not solely, by Jewish writers and chosen by the group. Volunteer group members lead the discussion.
Below you'll find a list of the books we plan to read in 2009–10. For dates and detailed information about each book, click here.
2009–10 Scheduled Books
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer
The Girl from Foreign, Sadia Shepard
He, She, It, Marge Piercy
The Muslim Next Door: The Qu'ran, the Media, and That Veil Thing, Sumbul Ali-Karamali
The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World, Kati Marton
A Murder in the Kibbutz, Batya Gur
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit, Lucette Lagnado
All Other Nights, Dara Horn
Other People's Houses, Lore Segal
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon
Books Read
2008–09
June Rashi's Daughers, Maggie Anton
May Other People's Houses, Lore Segal
April The Yiddish Policeman's Union, Michael Chabon
March Once Upon a Country, Sari Nusseibeh with Anthony David
February O Jerusalem, by Laurie King
January The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
December Septembers of Shiraz, Dalia Sofer
November My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq, Ariel Sabar
October People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks
September The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million, Daniel Mendelsohn
2007–08
June A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
May The Sex Wars, Marge Piercey
April Not Me, Michael Lavigne
March Twins, Tessa De Loo
February The Misunderstood Jew (pp. 199-229), Amy-Jill Levine
January The Misunderstood Jew (pp. 1-118), Amy-Jill Levine
December Everyman, Philip Roth
November Black, White and Jewish, Rebecca Walker
October History of Love, Nicole Krauss
September The Ornament of the World, Maria Rosa Menocal
2006–07
June The Caged Virgin, Ayaan Hirsi Ali
April The World to Come, Dara Horn
March Outwitting History, Aaron Lansky
February The Battle of God (pp. 167-372), Karen Armstrong
January The Battle of God (pp. 1-167), Karen Armstrong
December Family Orchard, Nomi Eve
November The Coffee Trader, David Liss
October China Dreams: Growing Up Jewish in Tientsin, Isabelle Maynard
September At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden, Yossi Klein Halevi
2005–06
June Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed, Philip Hallie
May The Covenant, Naomi Ragen
April A Tale of Love and Darkness, Amos Oz
March The Israelis (Sections 4 & 5), Donna Rosenthal
February The Israelis (Sections 1, 2, & 3), Donna Rosenthal
January The Plot Against America, Philip Roth
December How Israel Lost, Richard Ben Cramer
November A Simple Story, S. Y. Agnon
October The Song of Names, Norman Labrecht
September The Autobiography of God, Julius Lester
2004–05
June The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
September Abraham, Bruce Feiler
2003–04
June Giving Up America, Pearl Abraham
May The Peddlar’s Grandson, Edward Cohen
April Far Euphrates, Aryeh Stolman
March The Golem of Auschwitz, Bernard Otterman
January Martyr’s Crossing, Amy Wilentz
December The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, Gary Shteyngart
November The Physician (last 4 sections), Noah Gordon
October The Physician, Noah Gordon
September The Brigade, Howard Blum
2002–03
June Teacha! Stories from a Yeshiva, Gerry Albarellis
May After a Long Silence, Helen Fremont
April The Celebrant, Eric Greenberg
March Henry Ford and the Jews, Neil Baldwin
February The Last Jew, Noah Gordon
January Sleeping Arrangements, Laura Cunningham
December The Mark of the Angel, Nancy Huston
November Lost in Translation, Eva Hoffman
October Jew vs. Jew, Samuel Freedman
September Paradise Park, Allegra Goodman
2001–02
June Shiksa Goddess, Wendy Wasserstein
May Nine Parts of Desire, Geraldine Brooks
April Coming Home to Jerusalem, Wendy Orange
March Louisa, Simone Zelitch
February Out of Egypt: A Memoir, Andre Aciman
January Mr. Mani, A.B. YehoshuaDecember The Soup has Many Eyes, Joann Leonard
November In My Brother’s Image, Eugene Togany
October Jokes: Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters, Ted Cohen
September For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, Nathan Englander
2000–01
June The Human Stain, Phillip Roth
May I Married a Communist, Phillip Roth
April Hotel Bolivia, Leo Spitzer
March If I Told You Once, Judy Budnitz
February Chosen by God, Joshua Hammer
January To Know a Woman, Amoz OzDecember The Ladies’ Auxiliary, Tova Marvis
November The Vanishing American Jew, Alan Dershowitz
October Flora’s Suitcase, Dalia Rabinovich
September The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon, Richard Zimler
1999–2000
June Seize the Day, Saul Bellow
May Fugitive Pieces, Ann Michaels
April The Conversion, Aharon Appelfeld
March Storm Tide, Marge Piercy
February The Provincals: The History of the Jews in the South, Eli Evans
January Lazar Malkin Enters Heaven, S. Stern
December Roommates, Max Appel
November Turbulent Souls, Stephen Dubner
October The Reader, Bernhard Schlink
September Damascus Gate, Robert Stone
1998–99
June Liberating the Gospels, John Spong
May American Pastoral, Philip Roth
April The Red Tent, Anita Diamant
March As a Driven Leaf, Milton Steinberg
February Memoirs of a Fortunate Jew (an Italian Story), Dan Vittorio Segre
January Jepthe’s Daughter, Naomi Ragen
December Bread Givers, Anzia Yezierska
November Where She Came From, Helen Epstein
October Snow in August, Pete Hamill
September Stones from the River, Ursula Hegi
1997–98
June A Hole in the Heart of the World, Jonathan Kaufman
May The Prince of West End Avenue, Alan Isler
April The Mezuzah in the Madonna’s Foot, Trudi Alexy
March The Family Markowitz, Allegra Goodman
February An Orphan in History, Paul Cowan
January Fima, Amos Oz
December Mazel, Rebecca Goldstein
November Fima, Amos Oz
October My Name is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok
1996–97
June The Imported Bridegroom, Abraham Cahan
May The Color of Water, James McBride
April Boychicks in the Hood, Robert Eisenberg
March Romance Reader, Pearl Abraham
February Enormous Changes at the Last Minute, Grace Paley
January Enemies: A Love Story, I. B. Singer
December Silences, Tillie Olson
November An Interrupted Life…, Etty Hillesum
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