July's Middletown Book for Discussion: Perestroika in Paris (July 7)

 

The MUM Book Discussion group will next meet on Friday, July 7.  Our title is Jane Smiley's Perestroika in Paris.  Here is a brief summary:

"Paras (short for Perestroika) is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. At dusk, one afternoon she pushes open the door of her stall - she's a curious filly - and, after traveling through the night, arrives by chance in the City of Light. As the cold weather and Christmas near, the unlikeliest of friendships bloom among humans and animals alike. But how long can a runaway horse live undiscovered in Paris?"  (publisher)

Here is where you can find the book:

• There are several copies available in Miami, OhioLINK, and SearchOhio libraries.  
  
• Amazon has the hardcover, 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.  In addition to discussing The Night Of Many Endings, the group also shared these titles for consideration at their June 2 meeting:

• The Personal Librarian, Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
• Imitation of Life, Fannie Hurst
• Black Beauty, Anna Sewell (our discussion of this book led to a wider discussion of books written from an animal's POV, leading to our July read)
• Hang the Moon, Jeanette Walls
• This Is How It Always Is, Laurie Frankel
• I Let You Go, Claire Mackintosh
• American Dirt, Jeannine Cummins
• The Trackers, Charles Frazier
• Small Mercies, Dennis Lehane
• The Bird Hotel, Joyce Maynard

We will meet at 12 pm on the 7th both in Room 123 in the Library and in Zoom at 

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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/library/bookdiscussion.htm

John

"A Horse Lost in Paris" by Gwenaël Piaser is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.