Summertime Book Group: Exploring Four Little, But Mighty, Works of Fiction

Summertime Book Group: Exploring Four Little, But Mighty, Works of Fiction

Summer (8 hrs. or less) | This course is completed

67 Cummings Road Hanover, NH 03755 United States

Chalmers

NEW

6/12/2017-7/24/2017

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$40.00

4 sessions, 9:30 – 11:30 AM
June 12 through July 24, 2017
CLASS MEETS EVERY OTHER WEEK
(June 12, June 26, July 10, July 24)
Kendal at Hanover - Hanover, NH
Course Fee: $40

What better time to talk about books than the carefree days of summer? During four sessions, meeting on alternating weeks, we will discuss four novellas, short works of fiction that, although brief, are beautifully written, with stories that are artfully told. Our novellas will include: Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf, Elizabeth Strout’s My Name is Lucy Barton, A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean, and Stewart O’Nan’s Last Night at the Lobster. From an older couple finding love in their twilight years, to the last ordinary and bizarre day of business at a Red Lobster in Connecticut, our readings will acquaint us with a variety of people, in very different circumstances, all attempting to discover where they belong.

With some gentle guidance from the study leader, classes will be open discussions, a free exchange of ideas, as we explore these extraordinary literary gems.

There are required texts for this course.

Schmidt, Margaret

Meg Schmidt, a lifetime reader and enthusiastic advocate of book groups, holds degrees from Gettysburg College and Trinity College. During her professional days, she taught high school English and owned and managed a book store. She and her husband have been residents of the Upper Valley for six years and are active participants in OSHER@Dartmouth.