Porter Book Group

Meets the first Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm.

Current Selection:

March 1:  The Mind’s Eye by Oliver Sacks
Includes stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and faculties: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, and the sense of sight. This book is a testament to the complexity of vision and the brain and to the power of creativity and adaptation, and it provides a whole new perspective on the power of language and communication, as we try to imagine what it is to perceive through another person's eyes, or another person's mind.


Future Selections:

April 5:  Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne
May 3:  The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
June 7:  Heart Mender by Andy Andrews (AKA Island of Saints)
July 5:  Dreams of Joy by Lisa See
August 2:  Cutting for Stone by A. Verghese
September 6:  Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
October 4:  Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
November 1:  The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty
December 6:  Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen