Discuss this year's WestportREADS selection, The Art Thief, by Michael Finkel. Wonder at the true-crime tale of the world’s most prolific art thief, Stéphane Breitwieser, who stole, never for money, but for personal treasure and adoration.
Finkel told Esquire, "Working on this book changed the way I experience museums and commune with a work of art. Breitwieser is often low energy; then, when he walks into a museum, it’s like he’s had a triple shot of espresso. This is someone who’s very parsimonious with his words, then suddenly he’s babbling like your favorite crazy art professor. I would watch his face as he stood in front of an artwork. If he didn't like something, it was a flat face. If he liked something, it was as if he’d been electrocuted, and he’d often look around the room to see if he could commune alone with it."
For copies of the book, call 203-291-4807. New participants always welcome. Room 210.
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Discuss Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan. Mad Honey is a riveting novel of suspense, an unforgettable love story, and a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves.
For copies of the book, call 203-291-4807. New participants always welcome. Room 210.
Contact Carolyn Karwoski at [email protected] for more information.
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Discuss "Latecomer" by Jean Hanff Korelitz. A layered and immersive literary novel about three siblings, desperate to escape one another, and the upending of their family by the late arrival of a fourth. For copies of the book, phone 203.291.4807. New participants always welcome. Room 210 . Contact Carolyn Karwoski, [email protected] for more information.
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Discuss "Lions of Fifth Avenue" by Fiona Davis. A series of book thefts roils the iconic New York Public Library, leaving two generations of strong-willed women to pick up the pieces. For copies of the book, phone 203.291.4807. New participants always welcome. Room 210 . Contact Carolyn Karwoski, [email protected] for more information.
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Discuss "Three" by Valerie Perrin. A sequence of heart-wrenching events and revelations that span three decades, Three tells a moving story of love and loss, hope and grief, friendship and adversity. For copies of the book, phone 203.291.4807. New participants always welcome. Room 210 . Contact Carolyn Karwoski, [email protected] for more information.
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Discuss 1984 by George Orwell. Written more than 70 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever.
For copies of the book, phone 203.291.4807. New participants always welcome. Room 210. Contact Carolyn Karwoski, [email protected], for more information.
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Discuss "The Sweetness of Water" by Nathan Harris, the story of an unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer whose alliance will alter their lives, and his, forever set in the waning days of the Civil War. For copies of the book, phone 203.291.4807. New participants always welcome. Room 210 . Contact Carolyn Karwoski, [email protected] for more information.
