Page Tuners will meet in person in the Osprey Room at the Sanibel Recreation Center. Page Turners will also be offered via Zoom as well. The Zoom link and reminder will be listed here a few days prior.
Ann Hartman, Louise Fitzgerald and Shirley Schulz are inviting you to the December 14 (2:30 EST) Page Turners Meeting either in person in the Osprey Room or via Zoom with the link below.
Topic: “The Splendid and the Vile” by Erik Larson
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9653416705?pwd=c3QySWc0M0xLL1FwbDF5UHpPZFdNdz09
Meeting ID: 965 341 6705
Passcode: 5dFE3g
The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
Erik Larson is one of America’s greatest writers of nonfiction, and with his latest book, he turns his sharp eye to Winston Churchill’s first year as prime minister of the United Kingdom. Larson delves into Churchill and his family and also provides a gripping account of the Blitz, paying attention to its effects on ordinary Britons. You don’t have to be a history buff to love this bravura performance by one of America’s greatest storytellers. — Michael Schaub, book critic
Unless noted, Page Turners will continue to be hybrid…via Zoom or in person at the Osprey Room at the Sanibel Recreation Center on the second Tuesday of the month at 2:30 PM EST. Zoom information will be sent prior to each meeting.
Tuesday, January 11
Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
Growing up as an American, it can be easy take all the privileges and opportunities for granted, to inflate the challenges in your own life and move through the world with the individualistic mentality this country incentivizes. That is why stories like Qian Julie Wang’s Beautiful Country are the kind that knock me off my feet. Wang, with her honest and compelling prose, not only shares the story of her family’s immigration, she invites you into the vulnerable intimacies of her upbringing with an openness that will quickly endear her to you. – bookofthemonth.com
Tuesday, February 8
The Lincoln Highway By Amor Towles
In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the work farm where he has just served a year for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett’s intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother and head west where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden’s car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett’s future.- Goodreads.com
Tuesday, March 8
Women Rowing North by Mary Pipher
Women growing older contend with ageism, misogyny, and loss. Yet as Mary Pipher shows, most older women are deeply happy and filled with gratitude for the gifts of life. Their struggles help them grow into the authentic, empathetic, and wise people they have always wanted to be. - Bloomsbury.com
Tuesday, April 12
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
A heist with a cast of zany characters, tongue-in-cheek dialogue, questionable criminal skills, and of course, a bumbling, incompetent thief or two are undoubtedly part of the charm of Colson Whitehead's Harlem Shuffle. But the novel is also a powerful tale of a man's love for his family and the neighborhood where he lives. And the man at the center of that tale is a devastatingly enjoyable character who has a true gift for words — if not always the smartest actions. – npr.org
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