This club is hosted by Library staff and is held on the 3rd Thursday of each month from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm at the McLaughlin Branch.

Books are provided by the Library and can be picked up in the Readers Advisory area one month prior to the meeting. Pre-registration is required for each club meeting.

For more information or to register, please contact Reader's Advisory at 905-579-6111, ext 5218.

The following titles have been selected for the 2010 sessions:

No meetings in July and August
Thursday, Sep. 16 - Factory Voice – Jeamette Lynes
Thursday, Oct 21 - Generation A – Douglas Coupland
Thursday, Nov 18 - The Heretic’s Daughter – Kathleen Kent
No meetings in December

Thursday, Sep. 16 - Factory Voice
Rich with forties language and imagery, especially the sights and sounds of an assembly plant, The Factory Voice is a quirky, light-hearted mystery about the daily lives of factory workers and in particular of women in a time of transition, both for their personal lives and for the society in general.

Thursday, Oct 21 - Generation A – Douglad Coupland
A brilliant, timely and very Couplandesque novel about honey bees and the world we may soon live in. Once again, Douglas Coupland captures the spirit of a generation. In the near future bees are extinct until one autumn when five people are stung in different places around the world. This shared experience unites them in a way they never could have imagined. Generation Amirrors 1991sGeneration X. It explores new ways of looking at the act of reading and storytelling in a digital world.

Thursday, Nov 18 - The Heretic’s Daughter – Kathleen Kent
Martha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried and hanged as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. Like her mother, young Sarah Carrier is bright and willful, openly challenging the small, brutal world in which they live. Often at odds with one another, mother and daughter are forced to stand together against the escalating hysteria of the trials and the superstitious tyranny that led to the torture and imprisonment of more than 200 people accused of witchcraft. This is the story of Martha's courageous defiance and ultimate death, as told by the daughter who survived. Kathleen Kent is a tenth generation descendent of Martha Carrier. She paints a haunting portrait, not just of Puritan New England, but also of one family's deep and abiding love in the face of fear and persecution.

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