Alumnae Book Club

Share your love of literature and connect with other Mercy women by joining our Alumnae Book Club! To receive notice of book club happenings, send an email to Tina Cyrol Russette '76 at tmrussette@att.net.

Join our discussions remotely by visiting our Events page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MercyHighAlumnaeMI.

Schedule

All meetings are scheduled from 6:30-8:00 pm.

* January 17, 2012                           
Book: Saving CeeCee Honeycutt:  A Novel by Beth Hoffman
Location: Mercy Advancement Conference Room
 
February 21, 2012                                    
Book: Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
Location: The Home of a Gracious Alumna  
 
March 20, 2012                          
Book: The Paris Wife:  A Novel by Paula McLain
Location: Mercy Advancement Conference Room  
 
April 17, 2012                                               
Book: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Location: The Home of a Gracious Alumna

* The Book Club, and any alumnae who wish to join us, will meet in January to view the movie The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Information regarding the time and location will be provided once the movie has been released on December 21st.

Month
Title
Author
April 2012 Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Jamie Ford
March 2012 The Paris Wife: A Novel Paula McLain
February 2012 Mudbound Hillary Jordan
January 2012 Saving CeeCee Honeycutt: A Novel Beth Hoffman
November 2011 The Arc of Justice Kevin Boyle
October 2011 The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein
September 2011 The Winter of our Discontent John Steinbeck
April 2011 An Object of Beauty: A Novel Steve Martin
February 2011 You're Not You Michelle Wildgen
January 2011 Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout
November 2010 The Next Thing on My List Jill Smolinski
October 2010 Shadow Baby Alison McGhee
September 2010 Sister of My Heart Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
July 2010 Little Bee Chris Cleave
June 2010 The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes Diane Chamberlain
-May 2010 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson and Reg Kelland
April 2010 Push Sapphire
March 2010 The Help Kathryn Stockett
February 2010 The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold
December 2009 The Sugar Queen Sarah Addison Allen
November 2009
Roseflower Creek J.L. Miles
October 2009
Back When We Were Grownups Anne Tyler
September 2009
Handle with Care Jodi Picoult
March 2009
The Longest Trip Home : A Memoir John Grogan
February 2009
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle David Wroblewski
January 2009
Sold Patricia McCormick
November 2008
The Last Lecture Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow
October 2008
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows
August/September 2008

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . .

One School at a Time

Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
July 2008
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose Eckhart Tolle
June 2008
The Woods Harlan Coben
March 2008
Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel Garcia Marquez

January 2008

Eat, Pray, Love:  One Woman's Search for Everything across Italy, India and Indonesia Elizabeth Gilbert
December 2007
Left to Tell: One Woman's Story of Surviving the Rwandan Holocaust Immaculee Ilibagiza
November 2007
The Faith Club Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, and Priscilla Warner
October 2007
The Family Tree Barbara Delinsky
September 2007
The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett
July 2007
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah
June 2007
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Lisa See
May 2007
Measure of a Man Sydney Poitier
April 2007
The Life Before Her Eyes Laura Kasischke
March 2007
Water for Elephants Sara Groen
Jan / Feb 2007
Suite Francaise Irene Nemirovsky
December 2006
Tender Bar- A Memoir J.R. Moehringer
November 2006
The Glass Castle - A Memoir by Jeanette Walls
October 2006
Baby Proof Emily Griffin
September 2006
The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards
August 2006
Mercy Jodi Picoult
July 2006
The Year of Pleasures Elizabeth Berg
June 2006
My Sister's Keeper Jodi Picoult
April 2006
Jarhead: A Marine’s Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles Anthony Swofford
March 2006
How to Be Lost Amanda Eyre Ward
February 2006
Mary, Called Magdalene Margaret George
January 2006
In Her Shoes Jennifer Weiner
November 2005
A Devil in the White City Erik Larson
October 2005
The Last Days of Dogtown Anita Diamant
July 2005
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini
June 2005
Pope Joan Donna Cross
April 2005
Running with Scissors: A Memoir Augusten Burroughs
March 2005
The Hours Michael Cunningham
February 2005
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Mark Haddon
January 2005
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim David Sedaris
December 2004
When Christmas Comes Debbie Macomber
November 2004
Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides
October 2004
Salem Falls Jodi Picoult
September 2004
Little Children Tom Perrotta
August 2004
The Color of Water James McBride
July 2004
The Pact Jodi Picoult
May 2004
Three Weeks with My Brother Nicholas Sparks
& Micah Sparks
April 2004
PS, I Love You Cecelia Ahern
March 2004
Mr. Paradise Elmore Leonard
February 2004
The Seduction of Water Carol Goodman
January 2004
Monk Downstairs Tim Farrington

 

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