Headquarters Book Group
Meets the second Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the 3rd floor conference room
Current Selection:
December 14: The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck – 3rd Floor Conference Room
Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.
Future Selections:
Libraries are my passion in life. Before I became mayor, I used to sneak out here during lunch time...and I'd go to a corner and take a book -- any book almost -- and read it for a while, and then feel rejuvenated.
-Richard Riordan, Former Mayor of Los Angeles