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¡Adelante! Book Group
2011-2012
Adelante Book Group
Theme: "
Opportunities for Lifelong Learning: Transcending Barriers through Reading and Discussion"
The Adelanté Book Group sponsors a series of Community Dialogues in which people from diverse parts of the community come together to discuss selected books and the key issues they raise. This year’s series includes books from diverse cultures and time frames which address issues of special concern to women and their families. These works explore AAUW’s principles of equity, education, and positive societal change, and they support our strong belief that inclusiveness and diversity enrich individuals and the community as a whole.
Each session will include discussion of a primary text, plus a thumbnail review, with brief comments, on one or more related books. Participants are encouraged to suggest additional related books for each session.
Dialogue I. Wednesday, October 12, 4:00
p.m., Sarah Palmer Commons (Comer 202)
Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a Difference by Warren St. John; Reviewer Elaine Hughes. (PB & Kindle available.)
Thumbnail Reviews: From Every End of the Earth: 13 Families and the New Lives They Made in America by Steven V. Roberts Comments by Marcia Sears. Leaving Havana by Conchita Hernandez Hicks. Comments by the author. Other recommended books: From Every End of This Earth: My New American Life by Francine Prose, Comments by Sandra Lott.
Dialogue II. Wednesday, November 9, 4:00
p.m., Sarah Palmer Commons (Comer 202)
Dreams of Joy, by Lisa See; Cynthia Gravlee, Reviewer (HB & Kindle.)
Thumbnail Reviews: Conquistadora, by Esmeraldo Santiago; Comments by Leonor Vazquez Gonzalez (HB & Kindle); The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall, Comments by John Lott, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, by Amy Chua; Comments by Barbara Belisle. Other suggested works: Shanghai Girls and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See.
Dialogue III. Wednesday, December 7,
4:00 p.m., Sarah Palmer Commons (Comer 202)
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak; Amanda Melcher, Reviewer (PB & Kindle)
Thumbnail Review: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie.
Dialogue IV. Wednesday, January 11 ,
4:00 p.m., Sarah Palmer Commons (Comer 202)
The Paris Wife, by Paula McClain; Mary Lou Williams, Reviewer (HB & Kindle)
Thumbnail Review: A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway and The Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart;
Comments by John Lott.
Dialogue V. Thursday, February 23, 4:00 p.m., Sarah Palmer Commons (Comer 202)
Combination Book Group and Branch program; Report on UM Faculty Research on Aspects of African American Experience. The focus will be on research by Professors Kathy Lowe and Wilson Fallin on Racial Violence and the Quest for Equity and Social Justice in Alabama.
Dialogue VI. Wednesday, March 14, 4:00
p.m., Sarah Palmer Commons (Comer 202)
Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda (PB & Kindle). Mary Jo Buff, Reviewer
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, Michele Hill, Reviewer (PB & Kindle).
Thumbnail Review: Run by Ann Patchett; Comments by Sandra and John Lott
Dialogue VII. Wednesday, April 11, 4:00 p.m., The Eclipse Coffee and Books
Reception and Book Signing, honoring one or more area authors who write about issues of special concern to AAUW members.