Plum Senior Community Center, Inc.
499 Center - New Texas Rd.,Plum, PA 15239
Phone 412-795-2330 or 724-335-3699
Fax 412-795-4199 Last update: Sept. 25, 2009
Day Time Book Club
Sept. 14, 2009: "Execution Dock" by Anne Perry\
Oct. 5, 2009: "Where Are You Now?" Mary Higgins Clark
Group Rep.: Jean Ressler
412-744-4023
Call ASAP and get
on the list. Group meets at 10:30 a.m.
Stay for Lunch at noon, call to get on the list one day a head (Friday). Activity fee: $1.00.
Evening Book Club
Joint Cooperation with the Plum Library. We meet the fourth Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Plum Senior Community Center. Light refreshments. Activity fee: $1.00 donation. Group Rep: Linda Boyer
May 28, 2009: "The Other Boelyn Girl" by Philippa Gregory
June 25, 2009: "Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon & Lucia Graves.
July 23, 2009: "The Shell Seekers" by Rosamund Pilcher
August 27, 2009: "Guernseys and the Potato Peel Pie
Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows.
September 24, 2009: "Quentins" by Maeve Binchy.
October 22, 2009 - "Q & A" - Vikas Swarup. (Slumdog Millionaire) Ram Mohammad Thomas may be in jail, but he is not a criminal. A penniless 18-year-old waiter from the slums of India, Ram appeared to be on the path to wealth when he correctly answered 12 questions on the TV show Who Wants to Win a Billion? The show's producers bribe the police to arrest him for cheating, and as Ram's lawyer rescues him from prison, he also extracts Ram's amazing life-story and a captivating portrait of 21st-century India. Your Book will be at the library - pre-ordered.
November 19, 2009 - "Woman of Independant Means" - Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey. Chronicles the life of Bess Steed Garner from 1899 to 1968 through a series of correspondences. Letters to her family and friends reveal not only her spirit and strength but also her controlling and, at times, insensitive nature. Although born into social privilege, Bess faces much adversity, struggling with the untimely deaths of her husband and son, near business ruin, and a devastating house fire.
December 17, 2009 - "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" - Judith Viorst. He could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. He went to sleep with gum in his mouth and woke up with gum in his hair. When he got out of bed, he tripped over his skateboard and by mistake dropped his sweater in the sink while the water was running. ( A child's popular fiction book, keeping it light for the Holidays. Stephania interviewed this author. Field trip to a local eatery...to be announced. Our Christmas gathering)
January 28, 2010 - "Movie Night" To be announced. We may choose between "Night in Rodanthe" or "Under the Lighthouse Dancing." Wine and Cheese Night!
