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Smith Alumnae Book Club

The Book Club provides a friendly, open and inquiring setting for discussing various works of literature (both classic and contemporary). Meetings take place at 7:30 pm, generally on the third Wednesday of each month, at the homes of members. Any Smith alum is welcome, and you don’t have to “join”—just attend as often or as rarely as the meetings fit your interests and schedule. If you are interested in attending our meetings, please contact the Book Club Coordinator, Sally Smith, via email at thepeninsulasmithclub@gmail.com and she will add you to the email list.

Each month Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park carries our book selections in the Peninsula Smith Club section of their book club shelf. At the cash register, tell the clerk this is a Peninsula Smith Club purchase and you will receive a 15% discount.

July 2017::  “Animal Farm” and “1984” by George Orwell

8/8/2017

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We met last week at the home of Isabel Walker '57 SW to discuss “Animal Farm” and “1984” by George Orwell. Many thanks to Isabel for her hospitality. Our discussion ranged around the historical context of these novels (Stalin’s Russia), Orwell’s concept of Newspeak, individuality and individual freedoms, and Orwell’s prescience — telescreens — and where it failed him: war has changed in ways he couldn’t foresee. We felt that while the books do not reflect our current world in most ways, they do have at least some relevance for us.
 
Those attending this meeting signed a sympathy card for Mark Flegel, widower of Anne Flegel '64. We also agreed to make a memorial gift from the book club to Music@Menlo in memory of Anne.

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