Exhibits

NONFIC: Disappearance in Damascus: Friendship and Survival in the Shadow of War by Deborah Campbell

February: NonFiction Pick Deborah Campbell is an investigative journalist of the old school, believing in deep penetration into a story.  She wrote articles for magazines like Harpers, The Economist, The Guardian. She was interested in the way war influenced noncombatant

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NONFIC: Becoming by Michelle Obama

February: NonFiction Pick This book is number one on many best sellers lists and after reading/listening to it I can see why. Michelle Obama is a genuinely smart, compassionate, wonderful person. This is her autobiography starting with her life as

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FIC: Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan

February: Fiction Pick This is an earlier book by the author of Washington Black.   It is a story about jazz musicians, in Europe, in 1939, just as Hitler is rising in power.  The author has done a good job of

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FIC: Overstory by Richard Powers

February: Fiction Pick This is a long book, a brilliant book, and a thought provoking book.  It introduces its characters in what appear to be discrete short stories.  Later they meet each other and become intertwined. Continuing the line of

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YA/J NONFIC: Gecko by Raymond Huber

February: YA/J NonFiction Pick Gecko is a factual narrative account of a day in the life of a gecko, illustrated with colorful exciting paintings. Information for the budding scientist and wacky facts to entice anyone else. Robin

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