Book Club

The book circle will meet on Thursday, August 27, at 3:30 p.m., in Andrew Levin Park to discuss The Thread Collectors by Shauna J. Edwards and Alyson Richman, a novel about female strength, hope and friendship. This book was reviewed by The New York Times as a story “that will stay with you long after the last page is turned.”

One woman embroiders in New Orleans. A Jewish woman quilts in New York City. These two women risk everything for love and freedom during the Civil War. Their paths converge in New Orleans, where an unexpected encounter leads them to discover that even the most delicate threads have the capacity to save us.

The Book Circle meets monthly to discuss books by Jewish authors and Jewish content. For more information, email Susan Rosenstreich at ctigreenport@gmail.com/.

The Book Circle will meet on Thursday, July 23, at 3:30 p.m. in the Andrew Levin Park garden at the synagogue, weather permitting. The July selection is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. In this story, it is 1939, Nazi Germany. People disappear. Death is everywhere.

Enter Liesel Meminger, a foster child living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence by stealing something she can’t resist — books. With the help of her foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.

This beloved novel illustrates the ability of books to feed the soul, even in the darkest times. For more information about the Book Circle, contact Susan Rosenstreich, coordinator of the group, at ctigreenport@gmail.com/.