BOOK CLUB

The Friends of the Palm Springs Library Book Club meets on the third Friday of each month at 2:00 pm in The Learning Center at the Library. The Book Club is open to everyone. Copies of all books discussed are purchased by the Friends for checkout at the Library.  Look for the display near the CD collection.  Those who attend the Book Club meetings should read the selected book for the month and are encouraged to take part in the lively discussions.

SCHEDULE  2012 - 2013

May 17, 2013 - The Paris Wife, Paula McLain**

June 21, 2013 - The Stranger, Albert Camus 

** This book is also available as a Downloadable Audiobook and/or eBook from PSPL. CLICK HERE

July & August - Summer hiatus

SCHEDULE 2013 - 2014

Date                               Book                                                                       Presenter

September 20, 2013         A Fine Balance, by Rohinston Mistry                          Open

October 18, 2013             Frankenstein , or the Modern Prometheus

                                                by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley                        Richard Bass

November 15, 2013          Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific

                                                Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed                          Mary Barlow

December 20, 2013          Gonzale & Daughter Trucking Co: A Road

                                                Novel With Literary License,

                                                by Maria Amparo Escondon                            Peggy Meyer

January 17, 2014             Nothing to Envy, by Barbara Demick                          Sandy Clark

February 21, 2014            Before I Go To Sleep, by S. J. Watson                      Mary Barlow

March 21, 2014               The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,

                                                by Junot Diaz                                                Moira Johannesen

April 18, 2014                  The Woman Behind The New Deal: The

                                                Life and Legacy of Frances Perkins, Social

                                                Social Security, Unemployment Insurance

                                                by Kirstin Downey                                          Ann Kepcke

May 16, 2014                   White Teeth, by Zadie Smith                                    Open

June 20, 2014                   House of Earth, by Woodie Guthrie                          Ginger Semple-Schneider