A Pigeon and A Boy

A Pigeon and A Boy by Meir Shalev

During the 1948 War of Independence--a time when pigeons are still used to deliver battlefield messages--a gifted young pigeon handler is mortally wounded. In the moments before his death, he dispatches one last pigeon. The bird is carrying his extraordinary gift to the girl he has loved since adolescence. Intertwined with this story is the contemporary tale of Yair Mendelsohn, who has his own legacy from the 1948 war. Yair is a tour guide specializing in bird-watching trips who, in middle age, falls in love again with a childhood girlfriend. His growing passion for her, along with a gift from his mother on her deathbed, becomes the key to a life he thought no longer possible. (Pub. Review)

Copies available at the library.

Discussion to be held Monday, May 4, 6:30 PM.

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates

This short story was inspired by three Arizona murders that were committed by Charles Schmid and profiled in Life magazine in an article written by Don Moser in March of 1966.

Copies of the reading are available at the library.

Discussion to held on Wednesday, April 15, at 10:00 AM.