Fiction Old and New

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Fiction Old and New on Accessible World. Meets the first Friday of each month at 8pm Eastern. Facilitator leads the discussion of that month's fiction title. Sponsored by Helping Hands for the Blind.

Episodes

Fiction, Old and New will be discussing Charles Belfoure’s debut novel,”The Paris Architect” 10/14/2014 15.10.2014

“The Paris Architect” tells the story of Lucien Bernard, a Parisian architect who agrees to design an impenetrable hiding place to hid Jewish people for a wealthy Christian client in Paris during the German occupation of France in 1942.

Fiction, Old and New will be discussing The Sisters Weiss by Naomi Ragen 09/09/2014 10.09.2014

Our next book deals with complex family relationships. Rose rebels against her strict religious upbringing and becomes a successful photographer. She is not sure what to do though when her niece, Rivka, appears to be following in her footsteps.

Fiction, Old and New discussing State of Wonder by Ann Patchett 08/12/2014 13.08.2014

A pharmacologist is sent to the Amazon to investigate the death of a colleague and the status of work on a new wonder drug. There’s adventure in this book as well as interesting detail about living & doing research in the Amazon.

Fiction, Old and New will be discussing Lea Carpenter’s engrossing debut novel, “Eleven Days” db 78046 07/15/2014 16.07.2014

For the month of July only, we are meeting on the third Tuesday of the month instead of the usual meeting time of the second Tuesday evening of the month.

Fiction, Old and New Above All Things 06/10/2014 11.06.2014

FICTION, OLD AND NEW NIGHT ROAD BY KRISTIN HANNAH, DB 73536 05/13/2014 14.05.2014

Fiction, Old and New will be discussing Night Road by Kristin Hannah in the Book Nook Room of Accessibleworld.org on Tuesday, May 13th at 9:00 p.m.eastern time, 6:00 p.m. pacific time.

FICTION OLD AND NEW, THE GOOD HOUSE DB 76232 04/08/2014 09.04.2014

Fiction, Old and New will be discussing The Good House by Ann Leary.

Fiction Old and New welcomes author Steve Yarbrough 03/11/2014 12.03.2014

We will be discussing two of Steve’s nine books. This does not mean that you need to read both novels unless you wish to. We will be discussing both “Prisoners of War ” (available on BARD and Bookshare) and “The Realm of Last Chances”

Fiction, Old and New American Muslim author Ayad Akhtar’s book, “American Dervish” 02/11/2014 12.02.2014

Fiction, Old and New will discuss American Muslim author Ayad Akhtar’s book, “American Dervish” in the Book Nook Room on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. eastern standard time, 6:00 p.m. pacific time.

Fiction Old and New Joanna Trollope’s book “Daughters in Law” DB 74293 01/14/2014 15.01.2014

discussing “Daughters in Law” by Joanna Trollope.

Fiction, Old and New Welcomes Author Dana Spiotta 12/10/2013 11.12.2013

We will be discussing the novel, “Eat the Document”, which was a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award with author Dana Spiotta. This novel succeeds on many levels- as a social commentary on the ways society has changed

FICTION, OLD AND NEW PRESENTS A DISCUSSION OF JOHN STEINBECK’S THE MOON IS DOWN 11/12/2013 13.11.2013

John Steinbeck’s “The Moon is Down” is a testament to the enduring spirit of the individual and the democratic ideal as well as a evocative study of the effect of war upon a town. This book was

Fiction, Old and New welcomes Jennie Fields, author of “The Age of Desire” DB 75581 10/08/2013 09.10.2013

Jennie Fields, the author of 4 novels as well as a very successful advertising executive brings the reader into the world of Edith Wharton at a time in her life

FICTION, OLD AND NEW 09/17/2013 18.09.2013

FICTION, OLD AND NEW, PRESENTS KATHLEEN GRISSOM TO DISCUSS HER BOOK: THE KITCHEN HOUSE 08/13/2013 14.08.2013

Our first book selection will be “The Kitchen House” by Kathleen Grissom, DB 75509 (or it is available on Bookshare). The BARD annotation is below.