October 2008

Aldrich Book of the Month Pick

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Eugenides weaves together a kaleidoscopic narrative spanning 80 years of a stained family history. Eugenides's command of the narrative is astonishing. He balances Cal/Callie's shifting voices convincingly, spinning this strange and often unsettling story with intelligence, insight, and generous amounts of humor. An amazon.com review. Multiple copies of this book are available at the library in regular print, large print, CD and cassette tape formats.

Previous Books Read in the Discussion Group

2007

Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande
Mr. Emerson's Wife by Amy Belding Brown
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: a Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

2008

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
All Over but the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian

Previous Books of the Month

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang