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Click
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previous Books Sandwiched In Lectures.
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Books
Sandwiched In:
2011 - 2012 Season of Reviews
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Thursdays at 12:10 p.m.
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Sandwiches are welcome;
coffee and tea are available. Sponsored
by the Friends of Brighton Memorial Library.
Space is
limited. Please arrive early. Seating starts at 11:30 a.m.
Once the room has reached
capacity, some standing room may be available.
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- October
6
- The
Language of Trees by Ilie Ruby
- A haunting, lyrical novel of
love, loss and second chances, set in Canandaigua, NY.
Presented by Ilie Ruby,
award-winning Brighton High School graduate.
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- November 3
- Unbroken by
Laura Hillenbrand
- World War II
story of survival, resilience, and redemption. Reviewed by Major
General John Batiste, retired career military officer and
current CEO of Klein Steel.
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- December
1
- The
Paris Wife by
Paula McLain
- Fictional story of Hemingway’s
first marriage told by his wife. Reviewed by Mary Ann Satter,
retired Brighton High School English Teacher.
Link to the PowerPoint presentation from the review.
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- January 5
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The Other Wes Moore: One Name,
Two Fates
by Wes Moore. Two boys
make different choices that lead to drastically different lives.
Paired with
Unlikely Brothers
by J. Prendergast and M. Mattocks. Reviewed by Van
Henri White, Brighton High School
alumnus, City of Rochester School Board member, attorney.
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- February
2
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The Painter from Shanghai
by Jennifer Cody Epstein.
Account of a former child prostitute turned celebrated painter.
Reviewed by
Susan
Dodge-Peters Daiss,
McPherson Director of Education at the Memorial Art Gallery.
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- March 1
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Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
by Helen Simonson.
Amusing comedy of manners between a retired English Major and a
Pakistani woman. Reviewed by John Baynes,
Fairport High
School English Teacher and President of Fairport Education
Association.
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- April 5
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Blood, Bones and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant
Chef
by Gabrielle Hamilton.
Memoir of the author’s rocky road to success as a chef/restaurant
owner in New York City. Reviewed by Ron Von Perlstein,
businessman and restaurateur.
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- May 3
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Caleb’s Crossing
by
Geraldine Brooks.
Story of friendship between a young Puritan woman and the first
Native American to graduate from
Harvard in 1665.
Reviewed by Nina Kalen, retired
social
worker and frequent book reviewer.
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