The House With a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs with illustrations by Edward Gorey. “The House With a Clock in Its Walls will cast its spell for a long time.”–The New York Times Book Review When Lewis Barnavelt, an orphan. comes to stay with his uncle Jonathan, he expects to meet an ordinary person. But … Continue reading Book Discussion Group
The next book will be Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, by Suzanne Simard. “Simard’s memoir describes the intersecting webs of her career and private life that brought her to rewrite not only the forestry canon but our understanding of nature itself. She is an intellectual force whose powerful ideas overshadow her name … Continue reading Book Discussion Group – Wednesday, March 27th at 5:45 pm
From critically acclaimed, award-winning author Michelle Huneven, a sharp and funny novel of a congregational search committee, told as a memoir with recipes Dana Potowski is a restaurant critic and food writer and a longtime member of a progressive Unitarian Universalist congregation in Southern California. Under pressure to find her next book idea, she’s … Continue reading Book Discussion Group-January 24, 2024~ Search by Michelle Huneven
Our next non-fiction book will be With Custer’s Cavalry by Katherine Gibson Fourgera. We’ll meet on Wednesday, September 28th at 7:00 PM with check in at 6:45 PM. We very much hope to meet in person at UUFM! Gil Hanson recommends this as an easy, interesting read, so we chose it in the spirit of a … Continue reading UUFM Book Discussion Group – September 28, 2022 With Custer’s Cavalry by Katherine Gibson Fourgera
UUFM Book Discussion Group will discuss The Library Book by Susan Orlean on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. Zoom check-in 6:45-7:00 pm. Discussion begins at 7:00 and ends at 8:30. All are welcome. Book Discussion Group’s Zoom ID 91900847278 For information: Karen Knox (507) 387-6599 or kareneknox@gmail.com, Barbara Keating at (507) 345-6839 or bkeating@hickorytech.net or Liz Kipp at 382-0399 … Continue reading UUFM Book Discussion Group – May 26, 2021 The Library Book by Susan Orlean
This Tender Land, written by award-winning Minnesotan William Kent Krueger is the subject of our Book Discussion meeting March 24, 2021. Zoom check-in 6:45-7:00 pm. Discussion begins at 7:00 and ends at 8:30. All are welcome. Book Discussion Group’s Zoom ID 91900847278 For information: Karen Knox (507) 387-6599 or kareneknox@gmail.com, Barbara Keating at 779–5380 or bkeating@hickorytech.net or Liz … Continue reading UUFM Book Discussion Group – March 24, 2021 This Tender Land, written by award-winning Minnesotan William Kent Krueger
Our UUFM Book Discussion Group and our Green Sanctuary Working Group have teamed up to offer time for the entire congregation to read together this beautiful book, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, of restoring harmony with and bringing justice to the natural world. Two discussion session are scheduled, limited to twelve participants each. Copies … Continue reading UUFM Book Discussion Group – January 27, 2021 Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Imagine a world-wide flu pandemic with rapid transmission and a 99% mortality rate! Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, this timely and “audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse” (book jacket), will be discussed at the UUFM Book Group meeting on Thursday, March 26, 202 0 (6:30-7 PM Meet and Greet; 7-8:30 … Continue reading UUFM Book Discussion Group – March 26, 2020 Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
UUFM Book Discussion Group “To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only … Continue reading UUFM Book Discussion Group – January 23, 2020 You Can’t be Neutral on a Moving Train
