Join us on a monthly conversation series as we explore ideas from leading authors for building a more equal and united future. Hosted by the JCC’s Center for Loving Kindness, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, and the Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition.
Book: Warlight by Michael Ondaatje Summary: Years after growing up in the care of a group of mysterious protectors who served in unspecified ways during World War II, a young man endeavors to piece together the truth about his parents and the unconventional education he received. Request for a copy through your local library, or […]
Book: The Body on the Train by Frances Brody Summary: Called in by Scotland Yard to investigate an unidentified body on the train, Kate Shackleton gets too close to a killer as she edges toward the shocking truth, forcing her to call upon all her strength and resourcefulness to solve this case before she meets the […]
Join us on a monthly conversation series as we explore ideas from leading authors for building a more equal and united future. Hosted by the JCC’s Center for Loving Kindness, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, and the Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition.
Join us on a monthly conversation series as we explore ideas from leading authors for building a more equal and united future. Hosted by the JCC’s Center for Loving Kindness, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, and the Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition.
Book: Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi Summary: A novel about faith, science, religion, and family that tells the deeply moving portrait of a family of Ghanaian immigrants ravaged by depression and addiction and grief, narrated by a fifth-year candidate in neuroscience at Stanford school of medicine studying the neural circuits of reward seeking behavior in […]
Join us on a monthly conversation series as we explore ideas from leading authors for building a more equal and united future. Hosted by the JCC’s Center for Loving Kindness, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, and the Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition.
Book: The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes Summary: In 1920, Louisa Cannon takes a position with the Mitford family at their manor house in the Oxfordshire countryside, but when a nurse is killed on a train, Louisa and the youngest Mitford daughter, Nancy, become entangled in the murderer’s crimes. Request for a copy through your […]
Book: Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu Summary: A stereotyped character actor stumbles into the spotlight before uncovering surprising links between his family and the secret history of Chinatown. Request for a copy through your local library, or you can also find them online through Overdrive, eBook and eAudiobook.
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