Our next book for March will celebrate International Women's Month by reading Half the Sky - Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women worldwide by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl DuWann. We'll be meeting on Sunday March 28 at 2pm - our next coffeeshop will be Cafe Abir in the NOPA neighborhood.
Here's a book summary:
New York Times columnist Kristoff and his wife, WuDunn, a former Times reporter, make a brilliantly argued case for investing in the health and autonomy of women worldwide. More girls have been killed in the last fifty years, precisely because they were girls, than men were killed in all the wars of the twentieth century, they write, detailing the rampant gendercide in the developing world, particularly in India and Pakistan. The authors reveal local women to be the most effective change agents.
I just found out that this book has a long waiting list at the Library - so here are some options:
1) You can read the New York Times magazine that featured this book at the following link: www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/magazine/23Women-t.html
2) You can read the book online through Borders website at the following link: www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=0307267148 - click on "Look Inside"
3) If you're willing to purchase the book - check out Green Apples or go to BookSmith, which gives 15% discount when you say you're a WOW book club member
Books to read in the future:
April - Spirit catches you - Anna Fadiman
Next Month - The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingslover
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