"Monday is the key day of the week." ~ Gaelic Proverb

First Monday Morning of the Month Book Club

Suggestions from the April 4th, 2011 Gathering

Honoring Unbroken Spirits and Radical Forgiveness in Times of Adversity

Unbroken: a World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

Sophie's Choice by William Styron

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Left to Tell: Discovering God amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculée Ilibagiza

Night by Elie Wiesel

Two Souls Indivisible: the Friendship that Saved Two POWs in Vietnam by James S. Hirsch

Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles

Interpreter of Maladies, and, The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

Fludd, and, Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Goldengrove, and, Unleaving by Jill Paton Walsh (available in Ocean State Library System)

The Periodic Table by Primo Levi

Fifty-nine in '84 by Edward Achorn

A Lonely Death by Charles Todd (TOD MYSTERY) [Earlier mysteries featuring Inspector Ian Rutledge include: A Test of Wills (1996) Wings of Fire (1998) Search the Dark (1999) Legacy of the Dead (2000) Watchers of Time (2001) A Fearsome Doubt (2002) A Cold Treachery (2005) A Long Shadow (2006) A False Mirror (2007) A Pale Horse (2008) A Matter of Justice (2009) The Red Door (2010)]

Ace of Spies by Robin Bruce Lockhart (copyright 1967, available in Ocean State Library System)

Ace of spies: the True Story of Sidney Reilly by Andrew Cook (copyright 2004, available in Ocean State Library System)

This Way for the Gas Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski [Currently “on order” for the BPL]

The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit (J NES) [Film by the same name available in the Ocean State Library System]

Meet Felicity, an American Girl by Valerie Tripp (J TRI) [Film- Felicity: an American Girl Adventure ]

A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear (WIN Mystery) [Earlier novels in the Maisie Dobbs Series include: Maisie Dobbs (2003) Birds of a Feather (2004) Pardonable Lies (2005) Message of Truth (2006) An Incomplete Revenge (2008) Among the Mad (2009) The Mapping of Love and Death (2010)]

The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith (MCC Mystery)[Earlier Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency Novels include: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (1998) Tears Of The Giraffe (2000) Morality for Beautiful Girls (2001) The Kalahari Typing School for Men (2002) The Full Cupboard of Life (2003) In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (2004) Blue Shoes and Happiness (2006) The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (2007) The Miracle at Speedy Motors (2008) Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (2009) The Double Comfort Safari Club (2010) · Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency TV series (2008) (DVD N)]

The Charming Quirks of Others by Alexander McCall Smith (MCC Mystery) [Earlier Sunday Philosophy Club titles include: The Sunday Philosophy Club (2004) Friends, Lovers, Chocolate (2005) The Right Attitude to Rain (2006) The Careful Use of Compliments (2007) The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday (2008) The Lost Art of Gratitude (2009)]