"But, why?", you ask.
Well, I really like the sound of "Lift" for us--but we haven't done a non-fiction book in almost a year (in May 2011 we did "Cinderella Ate My Daughter"), and I know many of you have said you prefer fiction-- plus it's WAY short.
I have also heard the buzzing around The Hunger Games-- in fact, one of our DBC members, Lesly, suggested a fieldtrip to the movie. (Comes out in March 2012)
So we'll have one fiction and one non-fiction.
"But, why not save one for May?" you ask.
Because one is 96 pages and one is a young adult book! Combined, still the average length of our books.
Read more about them below.
Here is how we'll work it... we'll start Book Club at 8:30 that month and do 45 mins of each book. :)
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| Written as a letter to her children, Kelly Corrigan's Lift is a tender, intimate, and robust portrait of risk and love; a touchstone for anyone who wants to live more fully. In Lift, Corrigan weaves together three true and unforgettable stories of adults willing to experience emotional hazards in exchange for the gratifications of raising children. Lift takes its name from hang gliding, a pursuit that requires flying directly into rough air, because turbulence saves a glider from "sinking out." For Corrigan, this wisdom--that to fly requires chaotic, sometimes even violent passages--becomes a metaphor for all of life's most meaningful endeavors, particularly the great flight that is parenting. Corrigan serves it up straight--how mundanely and fiercely her children have been loved, how close most lives occasionally come to disaster, and how often we fall short as mothers and fathers. Lift is for everyone who has been caught off guard by the pace and vulnerability of raising children, to remind us that our work is important and our time limited. |
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| "Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games." The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When her sister is chosen by lottery, Katniss steps up to go in her place." |
