The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins consists of three main characters: Rachel, Megan, and Anna. Rachel is an alcoholic, divorced woman who loves riding the train. While she is on the train, she observes and sees many things …
Marvel’s Jessica Jones is about Jessica who is haunted by a well-dressed, British man, named Kilgrave who is in love with her.
Kilgrave has persuasive powers that can make anyone do anything for him with a simple command such as, …
Thursday, April 12, 2018, 3:00 PM
Join us every other month for an English-language book discussion group focused on literature related to Poland and Polish culture. This month we’re discussing Rising ’44: The Battle for Warsaw by Norman Davies.
One …
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is a Golden Globe Award Winner series on Amazon Prime.
In the 1950’s, a traditional Jewish woman has the perfect life… until she doesn’t. She drunkenly turns to a comedy club to let out her frustrations …
Thursday, February 08, 2018, 3:00 PM.
Our English-language book discussion group focuses on literature related to Poland and Polish culture.
This month’s book will be The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman.
When Germany invaded Poland, bombs devastated Warsaw – and …
Thursday, December 14, 3:00 PM.
Our English-language book discussion group focuses on literature related to Poland and Polish culture.
This month we’re discussing A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles.
In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is sentenced to house arrest …
Thursday, October 12, 3:00 PM.
Our English-language book discussion group focuses on literature related to Poland and Polish culture.
This month we’re discussing We Were The Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter.
It is the spring of 1939 and three generations …
Thursday, August 10, 3:00 PM.
Our English-language book discussion group focuses on literature related to Poland and Polish culture.
This month we’re discussing A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka.
On the eve of World War …
Thursday, June 08, 2017, 3:00 PM
Our English-language book discussion group focuses on literature related to Poland and Polish culture.
This month we’re discussing A Question of Honor by Lynne Olson.
After Poland fell to the Nazis, thousands of Polish …
Thursday, April 13, 2017, 3:00 PM.
Our English-language book discussion group focuses on literature related to Poland and Polish culture. This month we’re discussing The Coast of Chicago by Stuart Dybek.
The stolid landscape of Chicago suddenly turns dreamlike and …
Thursday, February 9, 2017, 3:00 PM
Our English-language book discussion group focuses on literature related to Poland and Polish culture. This month we’re discussing Karolina’s Twins by Ronald H. Balson.
Lena Woodward, elegant and poised, has lived a comfortable life …
Thursday, December 8, 2017, 3:00 PM
Our English-language book discussion group focuses on literature related to Poland and Polish culture. This month we’re discussing The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.
With courage, grace and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures …
Thursday, October 13, 2016, 3:00 pm
Our English-language book discussion group focuses on literature related to Poland and Polish culture. This month we’re discussing In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke. In 1939, when the …
Thursday, August 4, 2016, 3:00 pm
This month we’re discussing Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly. Inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this remarkable debut novel reveals the power of unsung women to change history …
Thursday, June 2nd, 2016, 3:00 pm
This month we’re discussing 22 Britannia Road by Amanda Hodgkinson, a powerful chronicle of one family’s struggle to create a home in the aftermath of World War 2.
Ask for the book at the …
Thursday, April 14th, 2016, 3:00 pm
This month we’re discussing The Property by Rutu Modan, a graphic novel detailing the trip to Warsaw taken by Regina Segal and her granddaughter Mica, hoping to reclaim a family property lost during the …
Thursday, February 11th, 2016, 3:00 pm
This month we’re discussing The Girl from Krakow by Alex Rosenberg, an epic saga following one woman’s battle for survival as entire nations are torn apart in the 1930s.
Ask for the book at …
