St. John’s Book Club
ANNOUNCING THE FORMATION OF THE ST JOHN'S BOOK CLUB!!!
The St John's Book Club will hold its next weekly meeting on Wednesday July 30th at 4:00 pm in the library.
The next selection starting July 30th for the St John's Book Club is Birding to Change the World by Trish O'Kane. This is a very engaging memoir about the joys of birding, the power of observation and a primer on environmental activism.
To quote the dust jacket blurb
After Hurricane Katrina destroyed Trish O'Kane's home, she was inspired by the birds around her to pursue an environmental studies PhD in Madison Wisconsin. There she became a full-on bird obsessive...teaching ornithology to college students and middle school kids. When Warner PArk-her daily birdwatching have-was threatened with development, O'Kane and her neighbors mustered a mighty murmuration of nature lovers to save the birds' homes....A warm and compelling weave of science and social engagement, this story of an improbable band of bird lovers who saved their park is a blueprint for muscular citizenship, powered by joy.
The book is available at the counter of Copperfields Bookstore. Ask for it under Merritt Greenwood or the St John's Episcopal Church book club (we're have a bit of confusion over the book club listing....hopefully to be sorted soon)
The book club meets on Wednesday afternoons from 4:00-5:30. Everyone is welcome to join the reading and lively conversation.
Bob Conover, Melanie Donahoe and Merritt Greenwood will facilitate this first conversation. The group will determine what future books the club will read.
Come and join lively wide ranging conversations!