Faulker on Light In August

2012 -2013 Reading List

September: Brigette

A Light in August by William Faulkner

October: Mary Emily

Courduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith

November: Lisa

Anna Kerenina by Leo Tolstoy

December: Barb

Language of God by Francis Collins

January: Megan

In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson

February: Katie

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

March: Terri

Catherine of Sienna by Sigrid Undset

April: Nancy

Free to Choose by Milton Freeman

May: Carole

A Postcard From the Volcano by Lucy Beckett

June: Meg

TBA

August: Jennifer

Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux

Stories By Flannery O'Connor

Jennifer would like us to read selected stories by Flannery O'Connor this month.

1. Parker's Back
2. Everything That Rises Must Converge
3. Greenleaf
4. Revelation
5. The Enduring Chill

These are found in the story collection A Good Man is Hard to Find, or the Collected Works.

Our meeting is on Monday,August 6th, at Jennifer's house. If nothing changes, that is.

"Anything that comes out of the South is going to be called grotesque by the northern reader,

unless it is grotesque, in which case it is going to be called realistic."

~ Flannery O'Connor

Severe Mercy Meeting

Our meeting will be postponed until Monday the 11th, and instead of being at Carole's house, it will be at Katie's. See you there!

The Old Stone Cross in Forest, VA where Davy and Van used to pray, and where their ashes are scattered.

Unbroken

Found an excellent review of Meg's pick, Unbroken, by Lauren Hillenbrand.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot, the author of our next book, has a website dedicated to this book and to her work. You can find it here. A New York Times review of the book is also interesting and can be found here. Happy Reading!

Henrietta and David, circa 1945