Join us for our next Lower
School Book Club for adults led by Ann Botel-Barnard, our Language Arts
Specialist. We are excited to come together to share a love for a great story!
Book: 10:04: A Novel by Ben Lerner
Location: Lower School Library
Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 from
8:00-9:00am.
Enjoy
a light breakfast and great conversation as we discuss what we loved about the
book, what we had questions about and what we could connect to. Feel free to
join us even if you have not read the entire book. You will still have a lot to
contribute and the discussion will enhance your reading of the book. You are
welcome to bring adult friends and relatives that are also interested in
discussing this book.
During this last year the main character/narrator of this
novel, has been diagnosed with a potentially fatal illness, written a well
received first novel, has been given a substantial advance on a second novel
and has been asked by his best friend to father her child. Ben Lerner explores
a young author’s questions of identity, worry about bringing a child into a
precarious world, and the ability of an author to move and touch a reader’s
heart through the form of a novel. Ben Lerner incorporates humor and brilliance
into his writing and the reader will certainly experience the diverse and
complex world created through the eyes of the narrator.
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