MIYC Book Club Thursday, February 24 th , 12:00 noon Our February book selection is The Lincoln Highway , by Amor Towles. Deb deVries is our presenter.
In The Lincoln Highway , eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska in June 1954 by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden's car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett's future, one that will take them all on a fateful journey in the opposite direction—to the City of New York. Please join us for a delightfully entertaining presentation by Deb deVries and a book- themed luncheon creation by Chef Jono. MIYC Book Club Selections March – May March (31st) On the Night of a Blood Moon , by local resident Peter Karl. Peter Karl, presenter. April (28th) Empire of Pain , by Patrick Radden Keefe. Kathleen Douglas, presenter. May (26th) The Daughters of Yalta , by Catherine Grace Katz. Val Bilbrey, presenter. 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!
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