Don't forget the book club meets on Friday Dec 2 at 6:00 pm at Tokyo Bistro in Wingate. We are discussing Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Don't worry if you haven't read or finished the book, I'm not finished either. It's good and flows nicely, so it's easy to read, but it is long. After this meeting we won't meet again until the last Friday in January.
I got sidetracked by a book for the UMW Reading Plan It's Easier to Reach Heaven Than the End of the Street: A Jerusalem Memoir by Emma Williams. Emma Williams is a doctor who moved to Israel in 2000 with her husband and three children. Her husband worked for the UN. They were there during the second Intifada living in a village in Jerusalem that was home to a Jewish family and an extended Palestinian family. She made both Israeli and Palestinian friends during her time there and began writing news articles to send home. In this book she provides a unique insight to both sides of the ongoing conflict. I'm not finished with it yet, but hopefully I'll have it back on the shelf at the church soon, so that others can read it.
If you're interested in American History, or just good conversation, please consider joining us next Friday.
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