Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume Two 1933-1938, By Blanche Wiesen Cook

Cook's detailed and extensively researched biography focuses in this volume on Eleanor Roosevelt's public life during the New Deal, but also delves into the secrets of her private life.

Marjane Satrapi tells of growing up in Iran, from the ages of 6-14, during the Islamic Revolution.
She writes in the "graphic novel" format, illustrating her memoir as though it were a comic book.

In this memoir, Edwidge Danticat tells about her uncle, Joseph Danticat, a Haitian minister, and her father Mira Danticat, a New York City cabdriver, exploring ideas of Haitian and American national identity.

Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, by Julie Powell.

Julie Powell describes her adventures and misadventures as she strives to give order to her life in New York after 9/11 through an ambitious cooking project -- she sets out to improve her cooking by making every recipe in volume one of Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

The Book Club meets the third Friday each month, 7:30 - 9 pm, at the Old Parish House, 4711 Knox Road, to discuss a book that has been selected by the group. Our theme is literary non-fiction by women, though we have been known to read a novel or something by a man. Our meetings are informal and you are welcome even if you did not finish the book!

Some of our favorite books have included: Alex and Me, by Irene Pepperberg (a scientist writes about the amazing parrot she worked with for 28 years); Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi (an Iranian professor of English Literature writes about her experience of the Revolution and her belief in the importance of English literature); Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel (an illustrated autobiography, comic book style); Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi (another "graphic novel" by another Iranian woman). We sometimes go on outings as well: including trips to see the movie of "Persepolis" together, and to see the movie "Julie and Julia" after we read both the books it was based on.

If you are interested, please rsvp by emailing info@cpae.org; our schedule is subject to change.

Discuss Literary Non-fiction by Women with the CPAE Book Club, led by volunteer Krista Park.

Discuss Literary Non-fiction by Women with the CPAE Book Club, led by volunteer Krista Park.

Discuss Literary Non-fiction by Women with the CPAE Book Club, led by volunteer Krista Park. This month, delve into the biographical graphic novel by the artist/author of the celebrated underground comic strip, Dykes to Watch Out For.

Discuss Literary Non-fiction by Women with the CPAE Book Club, led by volunteer Krista Park. This month: Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl.