Brown Bag Book Discussion Group

On the second Tuesday of every month, The Friends of the sponsor The Brown Bag Book Discussion Group at at Sudbury from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. The public is invited to attend, and there is no charge. The group is informal, and you may join at any time with no future commitment required.

Book selections are chosen by the group. Participants are encouraged to bring a bag lunch and beverages are provided.

June 14th

Never Cry Wolf 

Farley Mowat

Published in 1963, the autobiography set in northern Canada takes up Mowat's relationship with three wolves – a female, her mate, and a solo male. In many of his explorations, Mowat was accompanied by an Eskimo friend who interpreted “wolf talk” to him, and helped track the three wolves and their cubs to their summer den. Mowat questions some commonly accepted beliefs about wolves, especially that they always pose a threat to humans. His native friend points out that a healthy adult caribou can easily outrun a wolf and that a fawn is too fast for most predators.

July 12th

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia

Elizabeth Gilbert

Prior to turning 30, author Gilbert seemed to have the perfect life, yet she felt depressed and unfulfilled. After much self-introspection to discover her true identity and what she really wanted, Gilbert took a year- long journey around the world – all alone – to visit three places at each of which she could examine one aspect of her own nature, set against the backdrop of a culture that did that one thing very well. In Rome, Gilbert studied the art of pleasure; in India, the art of devotion; and in Bali, the art of balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence. Eat, Pray, and Love is her chronicle of that year of self- discovery.

Aug. 9

Heartburn

Nora Ephron

Heartburn is a wickedly funny, sinfully delicious novel about Rachel, a cookbook writer, and Mark, a syndicated columnist, and the breakup of their “perfect” marriage. Seven months pregnant with their son, she discovers that Mark is in love with another woman. Rachel claims she is suffering “terminal heartburn.” In between trying to win Mark back and wishing him dead, Rachel shares fifteen of her favorite recipes.

Sept. 13

People of the Book

Geraldine Brooks

Inspired by a true story, this novel relates how Hanna, an Australian rare book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famed “Sarajevo Haggadah,” which had been rescued from Serb shelling during the Bosnian wars. This book is one of the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with images.