Alumni Book Club (ABC) of Philadelphia

 

 

Sponsored by the Princeton Club of Philadelphia Young Alumni, the book club brings together alumni from many schools.  Meetings are held on Monday nights from 7 to 8:30 p.m.  Location of upcoming event to be announced. 

Guests of alumni and new members are welcome.

 

February 7, 2005: The Kite Runner, by Khalid Hosseini

March 7, 2005: The Known World, by Edward Jones

 April 4: Hometown, by Tracy Kidder

May 2: The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger

We meet on Monday nights from 7-8:30 p.m.  Currently, the meetings are scheduled to take place at Borders Center City, 1 South Broad. 

There is a new Montgomery County Book Club. Click here for info on MontCo Subsidiary ABC.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP to books@phillytigers.com.  New members and guests of alumni are welcome.

Sponsored by the Princeton Club of Philadelphia Young Alumni, the Alumni Book Club of Philadelphia brings together graduates from a number of different universities.  Guests of alumni and new members are always welcome to attend. To join the Book Club email Yahoo Group, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCOPBook  

 

If you are interested in moderating a session on any of the selections, or if you have any questions or suggestions, please contact Lauren J. Bierbaum at books@phillytigers.com or lauren.bierbaum@yale.edu
 

 

Past books from 2005:

 

January 10, 2005: Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell

 

 

Past books from 2004:

 

Monday, 6 December, to discuss Erik Larsen's Devil in the White City

 

Monday, 1 November to discuss Ha Jin's Waiting

February 2 Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex

March 1 - Julia Alvarez, In the Time of the Butterflies

April 12 (New date) - Sandra Cisneros, Caramelo

May 3 - Gary Shteyngart, The Russian Debutante’s Handbook

September 13 - Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace

October 4 - Richard Russo's Empire Falls