Barron Park Reading Group

Butterfly Mosque by Willow Wilson Non-fiction from Terry US girl goes to Egypt to learn about Islam

Canada by Richard Ford Fiction from Barbara Parents’ imprisonment means uncertain future for teen, family friend spirits him to Canada, Dell is taken in by an enigmatic & charismatic American

The Common Good by Robert Reich Non-fiction suggested by Janet “From the best-selling author of Saving Capitalism and The Work of Nations, a passionate, clear-eyed manifesto on why we must restore the idea of the common good to the center of our economics and politics. “With the warmth and lucidity that have made him one […]

Cradle of Gold: The Story of Hiram Bingham, a Real-Life Indiana Jones, and the Search for Machu Picchu by Christopher Heaney Non-fiction from Nancy Yale historian Hiram Bingham discovers Machu Picchu in early 1900’s. made Machu Picchu famous,his dispatches from the jungle cast him as an Indiana Jones-like character. But his excavation of the site […]

Crashing Through by Robert Kurson Non-fiction suggested by Janice From Amazon — “Blinded in a childhood accident, Mike May never hesitated to try anything—driving a motorcycle, hiking alone in the woods, downhill skiing—until the day, when he was 46, an ophthalmologist told him a new stem-cell and cornea transplant could restore his vision. May, always […]

Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche by Ethan Waters Non-fiction from Patti American psychiatric diagnoses applied to other cultures, even where inappropriate. DSM imposed on the world.

Cutting Back: My Apprenticeship in the Gardens of Kyoto by Leslie Buck Non-fiction suggested by Janet from Amazon – At thirty-five, Leslie Buck made an impulsive decision to pursue her passion. Leaving behind a full life and professional security, she became the first American woman to learn pruning from one of the most storied landscaping […]

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Non-fiction from Janet Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe The incredible true story of this unlikely entrepreneur who mobilized her community under the Taliban. A story of war, it is also a story of family, faith, and […]

East of Eden by John Steinbeck Fiction suggested by Verna from Amazon – Set in the rich farmland of California’s Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families—the Trasks and the Hamiltons—whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and […]

Efronia: An Armenian Love Story by Stina, Efronia and Herant Katchadourian Non-fiction from Janet Efronia Katchadourian was born in 1894 to a Christian Armenian family living in the Ottoman Empire. In her late eighties, she finally wrote the long-secret story of her ill-fated youthful love for a Persian Moslem during the era of the Armenian […]