The MIYC Book Club meets the LAST Thursday of each month; at 12:00 noon for presentation and lunch/table discussions, followed by dessert and group discussion. Please feel free to invite your friends!
MIYC Book Club Selections March – May March 31 st
On the Night of a Blood Moon , by local resident Peter Karl. Peter Karl, presenter. Investigative reporter Peter Michaels takes a fresh look at one of Chicago’s most heinous crimes of the past century: the brutal rape and murder of an attractive, young female medical student. Four men were originally caught, tried, convicted and sentenced to life in prison, but was the crime really solved? Are the real killers in jail or roaming the streets? It is a crime that still haunts the city and those who worked to bring justice to the victim and her family.
Empire of Pain , by Patrick Radden Keefe. Kathleen Douglas, presenter.
April 28 th
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty. The book examines the history of the Sackler family, including the founding of Purdue Pharma, their role in the marketing of pharmaceuticals, and the family's central role in the opioid epidemic. The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts and Harrimans; A Story of Love and War by Catherine Grace Katz. Val Bilbrey, presenter. The untold story of the three intelligent and glamorous young women who accompanied their famous fathers to the Yalta Conference in February 1945, and of the conference’s fateful reverberations in the waning days of World War II.
May 26 th
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