December 8, 2009

On Tuesday, December 8th, we will meet to discuss Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge. This “novel in stories” brings to life a community in Maine. The presence of Olive Kitteridge, a seventh-grade math teacher and the wife of a pharmacist, links 13 stories. "A big woman, she’s like a planetary body, exerting a strong gravitational pull."

The New York Times states that Olive Kitteridge "manages to combine the sustained, messy investigation of the novel with the flashing insight of the short story. By its very structure, sliding in and out of different tales and different perspectives, it illuminates both what people understand about others and what they understand about themselves."

This group is open to faculty and staff, parents, grandparents, alumni, and friends of the Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School. Come and share your insights or just listen to the discussion. It is an informal group, and we encourage you to come. You do not need to make each meeting, nor do you even have to finish the book in time for the group.


The following dates are reserved for the book group: Tuesday, December 8; Tuesday, January 19; Tuesday, February 23; Tuesday, April, 13; and Tuesday, June, 1. We will meet in Lainer Library at Heschel from 7:00 - 9:00 pm.