Book Chat at Caribou Book Discussion
The goal of this group is to read a variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction, that will stimulate the mind and some lively conversation. This book discussion meets Monday evenings at 7 p.m., approximately every six weeks, at Caribou Coffee. Caribou Coffee is located at 90 East Northwest Highway in downtown Mount Prospect. Limited copies of the book are available at the Fiction/AV/Teen desk six weeks prior to the discussion.
May 19, 2008
Digging to America
by Anne Tyler
When Bitsy and Brad Donaldson and Sami and Ziba Yazdan both adopt Korean infant girls, their chance encounter at the Baltimore airport the day their daughters arrive marks the start of a long, intense and sometimes awkward friendship.
June 30, 2008
The Coffee Trader
by David Liss
Set in 17th-century Amsterdam's, this is the story of Miguel Lienzo. He escaped the Inquisition in Portugal and lived by his wits trading commodities. Miquel is delighted when a Dutch widow enlists him as partner in a secret scheme to make a killing on "coffee fruit," but she may not be as altruistic as she seems.
August 11, 2008
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
The story covers three decades of anti-Soviet jihad, civil war and Taliban tyranny through the lives of two women. A powerful, harrowing depiction of Afghanistan, but also a lyrical evocation of the lives and enduring hopes of its resilient characters.
September 22, 2008
Breakfast with Tiffany
by Edwin John Wintle
Wintle, a 40-year-old gay, obsessive-compulsive New Yorker, rescues his 13-year-old niece, Tiffany, from her Connecticut home, where she fought with her recovering alcoholic mother. The lighthearted tone makes a serious subject amusing, and Wintle is charmingly self-deprecating.
