The MUM Book Discussion group
"A forty-year-old schoolteacher from Ohio still reeling from the tragedies of the Great War and the influenza epidemic comes into a modest inheritance that allows her to take the trip of a lifetime to Egypt and the Holy Land. Arriving at the Semiramis Hotel, site of the 1921 Cairo Peace Conference, she meets Winston Churchill, T. E. Lawrence, and Lady Gertrude Bell. With her plainspoken American opinions, she becomes a sounding board for these historic luminaries who will, in the space of a few days, invent the nations of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan."
Here is where you can find the book:
- There are several copies available through Miami, OhioLINK, and SearchOhio. We are back in the library and have both OhioLINK deliveries and statewide delivery from Search Ohio's public libraries running. We do have our curbside pickup operating as well as in-house pickup.
- Amazon has the paperback, Kindle, and audiobook available, and Bookshop.org has links to purchase the title from independent booksellers.
Our group is always finding interesting titles to share, and we look forward to the new things you'll bring to the table. On January 19th, the members of the group also shared these titles to add to your reading/viewing lists:
- The Housekeeper and the Professor, Yoko Ogawa
- Revenge, Yoko Ogawa
- The Blue View, Rodney Muterspaw
- John Grisham's A Time for Mercy
- Steve Martin and Harry Bliss, A Wealth of Pigeons
- The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett
- Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace
- Hyperbole and a Half, Allie Brosh
- The Bookshop of Yesterdays, Amy Meyerson
- Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
- Changing Places, David Lodge
- The Women of Copper Country, Mary Doria Russell
- The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell
- The Bees, Laline Paull
- 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World, Elif Shafak
- The Lost Children Archive, Valeria Luiselli
- Untamed, Glennon Doyle
- The Hum and the Shiver, Alex Bledsoe
- The Dew Breaker, Edwidge Danticat
- Closed for Winter, Jorn Lier Horst
- An Orchestra of Minorities, Chigozie Obioma
- Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, Simon Winchester
We will meet at 12 pm on the 23rd in Zoom at
You may also join by calling +1 929-205-6099
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Please come along to our discussion to share what you've been reading/watching/listening to/experiencing!
If you're looking for something interesting to read, check out our page of past and future reads at http://www.mid.miamioh.edu/
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