November's Wednesday Morning book club will be held on the 30th instead of the 23rd

Usually the Wednesday Morning Book Club is held on the fourth Wednesday of the month (which would be November 23) but that is the day before Thanksgiving so we've changed it to the 30th.

Unfortunately there were some bookmarks out with the incorrect date, I don't know how many might have gone out, so it's possible people might come in looking for book group on that Wednesday morning. If so, apologize for the mistake and let them know it will be the next week. 

We'll be discussing Song of a Captive Bird by Jasmin Darznik:

A spellbinding debut novel about the trailblazing poet Forugh Farrokhzhad, who defied Iranian society to find her voice and her destiny

“Remember the flight, for the bird is mortal.”—Forugh Farrokhzad

All through her childhood in Tehran, Forugh is told that Iranian daughters should be quiet and modest. She is taught only to obey, but she always finds ways to rebel—gossiping with her sister among the fragrant roses of her mother’s walled garden, venturing to the forbidden rooftop to roughhouse with her three brothers, writing poems to impress her strict, disapproving father, and sneaking out to flirt with a teenage paramour over café glacé. It’s during the summer of 1950 that Forugh’s passion for poetry really takes flight—and that tradition seeks to clip her wings.

Forced into a suffocating marriage, Forugh runs away and falls into an affair that fuels her desire to write and to achieve freedom and independence. Forugh’s poems are considered both scandalous and brilliant; she is heralded by some as a national treasure, vilified by others as a demon influenced by the West. She perseveres, finding love with a notorious filmmaker and living by her own rules—at enormous cost. But the power of her writing grows only stronger amid the upheaval of the Iranian revolution.

Inspired by Forugh Farrokhzad’s verse, letters, films, and interviews—and including original translations of her poems—Jasmin Darznik has written a haunting novel, using the lens of fiction to capture the tenacity, spirit, and conflicting desires of a brave woman who represents the birth of feminism in Iran—and who continues to inspire generations of women around the world..

As usual there is a virtual Webex for those who are unable to attend in person.

Both the online calendar and the printed calendar have the correct date, I've also notified those members that our on our email list.

thanks,