February - Reading Between the Wines (Book Club)

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February - Reading Between the Wines (Book Club)

Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM (CST)
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Becky Paaso’s home
1732 Brookwood Road
Lisle, Illinois, United States 60532

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For February, we will be reading “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman. Please RSVP by 5pm on Febuary 14th. We will also distribute 10 copies of March’s book at the meeting.

From Goodreads (4.35 rating):

Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon, the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him the bitter neighbor from hell, but must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?
Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove's mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents' association to their very foundations.