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Book Club News
Greenfield's 'Book Jackets' meet at the library monthly to discuss their current reading choice. The members take turns choosing a book and leading the discussion. The group was formed in January of 2007 and consists of thirteen active members. -------------------------------------------------------
Camille Essary
Tina Cantrell
Nina Cash
Harriet Drewry
Bettye Legons
Cardelle McAdams
Marlow Peters
Faye Pitts
Phyllis Shull
Dean Stroud
Virgie Warlick
Brenda Witherspoon
Club members meet at the library monthly to discuss their current reading choice.
The members take turns choosing a book and leading the discussion. The group was formed in January of 2007 and consists of twelve active members. Camille Essary, Tina Cantrell, Nina Cash, Harriet Drewry, Bettye Legons, Cardelle McAdams, Marlow Peters, Faye Pitts, Phyllis Shull, Dean Stroud, Virgie Warlick, and Brenda Witherspoon.
The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010.
Members are reading: The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve
Holly Springs Tour
On Friday, April 16, 2010, several members of the Greenfield 'Book Jackets' traveled with Coffee Break Tours to Holly Springs, Mississippi for a Pilgrimage Tour. They arrived in Holly Springs and began the tour of homes with Athenia, a Greek Revival home that was built in 1858. Their next stop was Montrose, the home of the Holly Springs Garden Club, sponsors of the Pilgrimage. They enjoyed a luncheon under large tents set up on the grounds of Montrose. After lunch, they were treated to an organ concert in the beautiful Christ Episcopal Church. This church has been a part of the city of Holly Springs since its incorporation in 1836. They then toured Waltham Place, orginally the home of Kate Freemand Clark, a well known artist from Holly Springs. Adjacent to the home is the Kate Freeman Clark Art Gallery where they viewed many of her canvases and drawings. The group then proceeded across the street to the Church of the Yellow Fever Martyrs' Museum. This church was built in 1841 by the Episcopalians but sold to the Catholics in 1858. During the Yellow Fever Epidemic, which practically killed all the residents of Holly Springs, the Catholic sisters and their priest devoted themselves to caring for the victioms and ultimatedly died of the fever themselves. The group then traveled across town to Cuffawa, the last home on the tour, built in 1832, as a four room log cabin still encased in the walls of the cottage. Afterwards, everyone boarded the tour bus and headed back to Jackson for the buffet at Ryan's restaurant and then homeward bound.
Those members enjoying the beautiful day were: Nina Cash, Camille Essary, Bettye Legons, Cardelle McAdams, Phyllis Shull, Dean Stroud, Brenda Withspoon, Tina Cantrell and husband Ron.
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Past Book Club Choices
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Album
Saving Grace by Lee Smith
The Crush by Sandra Brown
Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen
Oh My Stars by Lorna Landvik
Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky
Snow Falling On Cedars by David Guterson
Cry No More by Linda Howard
Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross
Outer Banks by Anne Rivers Siddons
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
The Wedding Dress by Virginia Ellis
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Songcatcher by Sharyn McCrumb
The Jew Store by Stella Suberman
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Critical Conditions by Stephen White
Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Home to Holly Springs by Jan Karon
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
The Shack by William P. Young
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Birds of Prey by Judith A. Jance
The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarty
Reunion by Therese Fowler
Same Sweet Girls by Cassandra King
Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
