Come and join us as we read and discuss adult books that take us on a journey through and around the world.  This discussion group reflects our desire to make our community more in touch with those whom we share this precious planet.  Discussions will be enhanced with a special guest speaker, perhaps food from the country/region of discussion, and any other approaches to make the discussion experiences unforgettable.  We're always open to suggestions!  Explore different cultures and stories that are bound to touch your heart in one way or another.

ELPL's International Book Club is hosted by Mary Hennessey, ELPL's YA Librarian.  Read Mary's blog posts about International Book Club.

Tuesday, March 30. 2010, 7 - 8:30pm The Spirit Catches You and  You Fall Down: a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures  by Anne Fadiman.  Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction.  When three-month-old Lia Lee Arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor her doctors would ever recover.

	Wednesday April 28, 2010, 7 - 8:30 pm. Climbing the Mango Trees: a memoir of a childhood in India by Madhur Jaffrey.  Today’s most highly regarded writer on Indian food gives us an enchanting memoir of her childhood in Delhi in an age and a society that has since disappeared.

Copies of the books are available through the library or through MeLCat, our interlibrary loan system.  Ask at the Reference Desk for help.