February's Book

The Autobiography of 
Malcolm X
As Told to Alex Haley

February 16th (3rd Thurs)
8pm at Emily P.'s

The public library has a limited number of copies of this book.  However, Emily is willing to lend her copy out as soon as she's finished it.

Summary:
The famous black leader tells the story of his life, from his birth in St. Louis through his career as a criminal and eventual imprisonment, to his conversion to Islam, rise to leadership within the Black Muslims, and gaining of international prominence as a voice of black protest.

Summary from Pima County Public Library

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January's Book

*Please note the date change*

A Simple Act of Gratitude

by John Kralik

Previously Published as
365 Thank Yous: The Year a Simple Act of Gratitude Changed My Life

January 26th (4th Thurs)

7:30pm at Carol R.'s home

Summary:
Personal and uplifting, "365 Thank Yous" is Kralik's inspiring memoir about how the seemingly ordinary act of writing thank you notes led him out of hopelessness and into fulfillment of lifelong dreams.

summary from www.goodreads.com

Just when his dearest life dreams seemed to have slipped beyond his reach, Kralik was struck by the belief that his life might become at least tolerable if, instead of focusing on what he didn't have, he could find some way to be grateful for what he had. He set the goal of writing 365 thank-you notes in the coming year.

summary from Pima County Public Library

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John Kralik's interview on The Early Show

August's Book

Yearning for the Living God:  Reflections from the Life of F. Enzio Busche
by Tracie A. Lamb

Thurs. Aug. 18th (3rd Thurs.)
8pm at Amanda C.'s 

A note from Amanda:
I could not find this book at the library and it seems quite expensive even as an e-book.  I found some used copies and ordered 2.  So for those interested we can pass them around.  I've already read it so as soon as I get them I can start rotation them.

Summary:
F. Enzio Busche, emeritus member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, was born in Germany in 1930, three years before Hitler's rise to power.  Fifteen years later, when World War II ended, Enzio was a prisoner of war, having been drafted into the German army at age fourteen.  The war left Enzio with many questions:  Is there a God?  What is the purpose of Life?  What happens after death?  In time, he learned the answers.  Yearning for the Living God is a collection of Elder Busche's experiences -- both before and after his conversion -- and an account of the life-changing awakening that can come to all who search for truth in this world.

summary from the Deseret Book website 

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June's Book

Call the Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle
by Mary J. McLeod

June 18th (3rd Thurs)
8pm at Janice F.'s

Summary:
Tired of the pace and noise of life near London and longing for a better place to raise their young children, Mary J. MacLeod (known to all as Julia) and her husband encountered their dream while vacationing on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides. Enthralled by its windswept beauty, they soon were the proud owners of a near-derelict croft house—a farmer’s stone cottage—on “a small acre” of land. Mary assumed duties as the island’s district nurse. Call the Nurse is her account of the first enchanted years she and her family spent there, coming to know its folk as both patients and friends.

Gaelic fortitude meets a nurse’s compassion in these wonderful true stories from rural Scotland. The remarkable debut of an author now in her eighties, Call the Nurse is a treasure of sweet nostalgia.

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May's Book

365 Thank Yous:
The Year a Simple Act of Gratitude Changed My Life
by John Kralik

May 17th (3rd Thurs.)
8pm at Aimeè's home

Summary:
Personal and uplifting, "365 Thank Yous" is Kralik's inspiring memoir about how the seemingly ordinary act of writing thank you notes led him out of hopelessness and into fulfillment of lifelong dreams.

summary from www.goodreads.com

Just when his dearest life dreams seemed to have slipped beyond his reach, Kralik was struck by the belief that his life might become at least tolerable if, instead of focusing on what he didn't have, he could find some way to be grateful for what he had. He set the goal of writing 365 thank-you notes in the coming year.

summary from www.librarycatalog.pima.gov

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March's Book

Half-Broke Horses:
a true-life novel
by Jeannette Wells

March 15th (3rd Thurs.)
8pm at Judy's home

Summary:
Lily Casey Smith, this novel's feisty Texas protagonist, is a frontier teacher, a rancher, a rodeo rider, a poker player, and bootlegger. In Half Broke Horses, she survives droughts, tornados, floods, poverty, and whatever else fate can throw against her. Based on author Jeannette Walls's grandmother, Lily is a plausible character because she has a voice that synchronizes with her history. This novel lives up to the still gathering acclaim for Walls's novel The Glass Castle.

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