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Providence Book Club News

Providence Book Club will meet on March 30 at 7:30 at the home of LeAnn Gardner. We will be discussing the book My Grandfather's Blessings by Rachel Naomi Remen.

Our planned schedule this year:

March 30        My Grandfather's Blessings by Rachel Naomi Remen at the home of LeAnn Gardner April 27           Shanghai Girls by Lisa See at the home of Sandra Kennedy
May 25           Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson at the home of Pat Bolen
July 27            The Last Symbol by Dan Brown at the home of Sarah McCarthy

Everyone is welcome to join us. All you have to do is read the book and show up! If you have any questions or for directions, contact Anita Flowers at anitavale@comcast.net.

The List of Books


May 2002                The Red Tent by Anita Diamante
June 2002                Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler
July 2002                 Lying Awake by Mark Salzman
August 2002            Traveling Mercies by Ann Lamott
September 2002       The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
October 2002            Dakota by Kathleen Norris
November 2002         Peace Like a River by Leif Enger

January 2003            The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey
February 2003           Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
March 2003               Plain Truth by Jodi Piccoult
April 2003                 Standing on Holy Ground by Sandra E. Johnson
May 2003                 The Right Words at the Right Time by Marlo Thomas
June 2003                 The Sunday Wife by Cassandra King
July 2003                   In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
August 2003              The Runaway by Terry Kay
September 2003         The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds
October 2003             The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

January 2004              The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen
February 2004             Keeping Faith by Jodi Piccoult
March 2004                 Brother to a Dragonfly by Joseph Campbell
April 2004                   The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho
September 2004          Seeking Enlightenment Hat by Hat by Nevada Barr
October 2004              My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Piccoult
November 2004           The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

January 2005               A Song I Knew by Heart by Bret Lott
February 2005             The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
April 2005                   The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris
June 2005                   The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
July 2005                    The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
September 2005          Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
October 2005              The Illuminator by Brenda Rickman Vantrease

January 2006              The Traveler’s Gift by Andy Andrews
June 2006                   The Myth of You and Me by Leah Stewart
July 2006                    The Tenth Circle by Jodi Piccoult
August 2006                Abide with Me by Elizabeth Strout
September 2006           Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor
October 2006               The Arms of God by Lynne Hinton
November 2006            Digging to America by Anne Tyler

January 2007               The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
February 2007              The Faith Club by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, and Priscilla Warner
March 2007                  Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
April 2007                    Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith by Kathleen Norris
June 2007                    Sarah by Marek Halter
September 2007           Here if You Need Me by Kate Braestrup
October 2007               The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
November 2007             Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller

January 2008               The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
February 2008              Tending Roses by Lisa Wingate
March 2008                  A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
April 2008                    Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas
June 2008                    Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
August 2008                 Moloka’i by Alan Brennert
September 2008            The Shack by William P. Young
November 2008              Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Relin

February 2009                Like Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
March 2009                    People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
April 2009                       Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
June 2009                      The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
August 2009                   Still Alice by Lisa Genova
September 2009              An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown Taylor
October 2009                  The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry

February 2010              Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg
March 2010                   My Grandfather's Blessings by Rachel Naomi Remen
April 2010                      Shanghai Girls by Lisa See