Events
Faculty speakers and panels, book clubs, happy hours, hikes and outings, casual teas, cookie exchanges, young alum meet-ups… we strive to provide interesting, entertaining, educational experiences for all our Smith alums here in the Peninsula area. Club Members will receive an Evite for events proactively. If you are not a member, that’s okay! Contact us for details of any event that you’re interested in.
Book Club - June - The Frozen River
Seven of us gathered on Wednesday, June 18, at the home of Jan Collins to discuss “The Frozen River.” Most of us really enjoyed this novel in which the author builds a murder mystery around a real-life Maine midwife who lived in a small town in the late 1700s. We were interested in the characters—although we thought the model husband was too good to be true—and in the well rendered setting. We talked about the state of both medicine and justice at the time, as well as the role of a midwife. We considered the merits and limitations of first-person narration, and the challenges of pursuing a rape accusation, especially in a society that devalues women. We thought the conclusion was a bit implausible but nonetheless gratifying—a sort of justice.