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Dwight Fryer
[The Knees of
Gullah Island]
January
2009
Middletown, CT
Valerie
Wilson-Wesley
[Playing
My Mothers Blues and
Dying in the Dark]
November 2005
Mt. Olive Day Care
Center, Hartford, Connecticut
David Caines
[Junie
Boys Funeral]
May 2005
Home of John and
Lana, New Haven, Connecticut
Martha Southgate
[The Fall of Rome]
September 28, 2002
Brown by the Bay, Newport, Rhode Island
Martha Southgate has agreed to join the group for the discussion of her book “The Fall of Rome” during the September 28th meeting in Newport, Rhode Island.
Bernice McFadden
[Sugar and
The Warmest December]
May 6, 2001
Home of Ronny and Evelyn, Waterbury, Connecticut
Bernice McFadden was our guest author for the day. There was much down to earth talk as we discussed her two novels. She read an excerpt from the sequel to Sugar which she is currently finishing. We are fortunate as a book club to have the pleasure of such appearances by guest authors.
Okey Ndibe
[Arrows of Rain]
January 14, 2001
Home of Penny, West Hartford, Connecticut
In the spirit of African storytelling, Okey Ndibe delighted our book club with tales from his life experience in Africa. The group was thoroughly entertained by his gift of storytelling through both his written and verbal expressions.
Bari-Ellen Roberts
[Roberts vs. Texaco: A True Story of Race and Corporate America]
March 12, 2000
St. Martin De Porres Church, New Haven, Connecticut
Bari-Ellen Roberts was our guest author for the day. Several members expressed their thanks to Ms. Roberts for sharing her story and enriching the minds of the group. If you did not attend the meeting, you surely missed a special treat.
Brian Keith Jackson
[The View From Here and
Walking Through Mirrors]
March 14, 1999
St. Martin De Porres Church, New Haven, Connecticut
Our guest author, Brian Keith Jackson, captivated us through his reading and discussion of the books he has written, “A View From Here” and “Walking Through Mirrors.”
Dorothy West
[The Wedding]
September 20, 1997
Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
We thank Dorothy West, author of “The Wedding,” for her brief visit with us at Martha’s Vineyard, as we celebrated our book club’s fifth anniversary.
Ginger Whitaker
[The Dowry]
January 6, 1996
Albany Avenue Library, Hartford, Connecticut
Ginger Whitaker, our guest author, led the book discussion about “The Dowry” – a skillfully told love story about family and belonging.
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