Friends of Brighton Memorial Library

Presents

Books Sandwiched In

2007-2008

Thursdays, 12:10 pm

Brighton Memorial Library

2300 Elmwood Avenue

Oct. 4, 2007

THE CAMEL BOOKMOBILE by Masha Hamilton

The story of an unorthodox mobile library in Africa. Reviewer: Bill Pontius, Executive Director, Friends of the Rochester Public Library.

Nov. 1, 2007

THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Erik Larson

A serial killer and the building of the Chicago World's Fair. Reviewer: Detective Andrew Minchak, Brighton Police Crime Scene Investigator.

Dec. 6, 2007

ALL GOVERNMENTS LIE! AND TIMES OF REBEL JOURNALIST I.F. STONE by Myra MacPherson

Reviewer: Mel Braverman, activist and retired Xerox manager.

Jan. 3, 2008

THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Mortensen & David Oliver Relin

One man's mission to build schools for girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Reviewer: Joe Flaherty, founder & director, Writers & Books.

Feb 7, 2008

THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST by Mohsin Harnid

9/11 changes a Muslim Wall Street achiever to a fundamentalist. Reviewer: Dr. Carl Davila, Presidential Fellow and Visiting Asst. Prof. of History & Anthropology, SUNY Brockport.

Mar. 6, 2008 

THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls

A memoir of surviving a horrendous childhood. Reviewer: Paul Caccamise, former administrator, Monroe County Dept. of Social Services: V-P, Life-Span.

Apr. 3, 2008

ASTRID AND VERONIKA  by Linda Olsson.

A sensitive relationship between a young writer and the village octogenarian. Reviewer: Mildred Boylan, former faculty member, St. John Fisher; Times-Union reviewer.

May 1, 2008

THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION: A NOVEL  by Michael Chabon

  A mystery set in Alaska, an alternative Jewish homeland. Reviewer: Phylis Kasdin, Special Programs Director, JCC