Russell Readers

Russell Readers - Christmas Party

Location: Bessie K. Russell Branch Library
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 11:00am - 12:00pm

Christmas Party. No book this month.

Russell Readers - Loving Frank

Location: Bessie K. Russell Branch Library
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 11:00am - 12:00pm

Four years earlier, in 1903, Mamah and her husband, Edwin, had commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a new home for them. During the construction of the house, a powerful attraction developed between Mamah and Frank, and in time the lovers, each married with children, embarked on a course that would shock Chicago society and forever change their lives.

Russell Readers - Silks

Location: Bessie K. Russell Branch Library
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 11:00am - 12:00pm

Geoffrey Mason is well known among the pro riders, including Steve Mitchell and Scot Barlow--arguably the two top pros. So when Scot Barlow is murdered--with Mitchell's pitchfork nonetheless--Geoff finds himself pulled into the case as a junior barrister.

Russell Readers - Low Country

Location: Bessie K. Russell Branch Library
Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

When country-club wife Caro Venable learns that her husband must either develop the Low Country island she inherited or lose the company that he has spent his whole life building, she is devastated. Spurred to action and inspired with new purpose, Caroline must confront the part of herself that she has numbed with alcohol and careful avoidance, and she must reconsider her priorities - what is so important that she would die for it?

Russell Readers - The Thief and the Dogs

Location: Bessie K. Russell Branch Library
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

After four years in prison, the skilled young thief Said Mahran emerges bent on revenge in a changed world. His wife has married a trusted friend; his native Egypt has undergone a revolution; and his mentor, who encouraged his Robin Hood-style crimes, has abandoned him. As Said's wild attempts to achieve his idea of justice badly misfire, he becomes a hunted man so driven by hatred that he can only recognize too late his last chance at redemption.

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