The Book group book : a thoughtful guide to forming and enjoying a stimulating book discussion group

Summary: Contains essays written by book group members from around the country on their experiences and a reading list from each group.

Item details

ISBN: 1556521952 (pbk.) :
ISBN: 9781556521959 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
x, 245 p. ; 22 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press : Distributed by Independent Publishers Group, c1993.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Contents: Introduction (p.v) -- Part I--Essays (p.1). Once begun, we are mighty / Carol Huber (p.3) -- How we got to be six--and why it feels like forty / Ann Christophersen (p.6) -- The modern literature club / Ellen Shipley and Kim Harington (p.13) -- LOL's disease / Dorothy M. Wilson (p.18) -- Beers and drum beating in the kitchen / Rodd Zolkos (p.22) -- So many books, such a long time : reading together for eighteen years / Paula Zurowski, Sarah Booth, Ceinwen Carney, Roz Hardy, Merry Selk, Karen Davison, Peggy Aulisio, Susan Powning, Dore Brown, Judith McKibben, Sheila Levine (p.26) -- The poets are coming / Peggy Heinrich (p.37) -- The sisterhood / Mary E. Toole (p.43) -- Claremont Park Book Club / JoEllen Brean (p.46).