1 p.m. Book Talks (Virtual) 2024-25 book list is here!

To join Book Talks virtually, regular attendees are encouraged to join the group on Realm/Connect to ensure access to the link, or contact the office (UUFA@uuathensga.org, 706-546-7914, ext 5).

Book Talks is an informal group that meets the second Sunday of the month after the service to discuss books selected by the members. While reading the monthly selection ahead of time is desirable, don’t stay away if you haven’t finished the book or haven’t read it at all. Your comments are always welcomed.

Book Talks has met at UUFA for over twenty years! The tradition continues!

BOOK TALKS – 2024-2025 

SEPTEMBER — MIRACLE AT PHILADELPHIA by Catherine Bowen  (non-fiction) 346 pages  Philadelphia 1787 – The Birth of the Constitution of USA where personalities clashed and brilliant ideas prevailed. 

OCTOBER — AMERICAN GOSPEL by Jon Meacham (non-fiction) 250 pages  The birth of the Establishment Clause and the struggle to Maintain it. 1787 to 2000 

NOVEMBER — PLAYER PIANO by Kurt Vonnegut (fiction) 341 pages More on the Human dilemma. Written in the 1950s,  Vonnegut looks forward to a world where machines rule. 

DECEMBER — THE OTHER SIDE OF EDEN by Paul Harding (fiction)   Home, love, heredity, an original and strange plot of Eden revisited. Based on an historical event. 224 pages 

JANUARY — BALTASAR AND BLIMUNDA by Jose Saramago (fiction) 368 pages  Love, plague and the Spanish Inquisition, how can we go wrong? A love story, part history/part fantasy. (Be sure to get the ENGLISH edition.) 

FEBRUARY — QUANTUM SUPREMACY by Michio Kaku (non-fiction) What it is and how it will change everything. 352 pages  

MARCH — MADAME RESTELL: The Life, Death and Resurrection of Old New York’s most fabulous, fearless, and  Infamous Abortionist by Jennifer Wright 352 pages

APRIL — THE HEAVEN AND EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride (fiction) 512 page  Set in Pottstown, Pa. In 1972, a mixed race community lives on the margins and care for each other with love and understanding. 

MAY — TBA

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