The MUM Book Discussion group
"Noah Selvaggio is a retired chemistry professor and widower who is days away from his first visit back to Nice since he was a child, bringing with him a handful of puzzling photos he's discovered from his mother's wartime years. But he receives a call from social services: Noah is the closest available relative of an eleven-year-old great-nephew he's never met, who urgently needs someone to look after him. Noah agrees to take Michael along on his trip. The two come to grasp the risks people in all eras have run for their loved ones, and find they are more akin than they knew. Akin is a funny, heart-wrenching tale of an old man and a boy, born two generations apart, who unpick their painful story and start to write a new one together."
Here is where you can find the book (note: our delivery service among Ohio libraries is still slow at the moment, but appears to be improving. Fortunately, the movement of books within the Miami system or within an individual public library's system appears to be moving as fast as normal):
- There are several copies available through Miami, OhioLINK, and SearchOhio.
- 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 September 28th the members of the group discussed Jane Eyre, and also shared these titles to add to your reading/viewing lists:
- Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Akin, Emma Donoghue
- A Slow Fire Burning, Paula Hawkins
- The Fault in our Stars, John Green
- Marge Piercy's poetry
- Emily Dickinson's poetry
- The Ghosts of Eden Park, Karen Abbott
- One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
- Dune, Frank Herbert
- Muhammad Ali documentary by Ken Burns
- Roadrunner: a Film About Anthony Bourdain
We will meet at 12 pm on the 26th both in Room 123 in the Library and in Zoom at
You may also join by calling +1 253-215-8782
Passcode: 893374
Add this event to your Google Calendar! (which includes the Zoom and calling information)
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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