The University Friends Circle Book Club meets on the first Thursday of the month at 3:30 p.m. Although we usually meet in room 170 of the UC Merced Downtown Campus Center ("DCC"), located at the corner of 18th & N, the December 2024 meeting will be at a different time and location - see below!
Common Interest Committee Co-Chairs Pauline Cuchna (samnilla@sbcglobal.net) and Beth Kirchhoff (bethkirchhoff72@gmail.com) invite all UFC members to join them for robust discussion each month. Book Club members rotate responsibility for book selection. All UFC members welcome!
Due to an evenly split vote among members, we have TWO books for the November book selection: The Secret War of Julia Child, by Diana R. Chambers, and The Things We Do for Love, by Kristin Hannah. We'll discuss these novels on Thursday, December 5, at 11:30am, at Five Ten Bistro (in Bob Hart Square) in Merced.
Quick book overviews from the authors' websites:
The Secret War of Julia Child: Before she mastered the art of French cooking in midlife, Julia Child found herself working in the secrets trade in World War II Asia, a journey that reveals how the war made her into the icon we know now.
The Things We Do for Love: After the divorce, Angie moved back to her hometown and rejoined her loud, loving, slightly crazy family. In West End, a place where life rises and falls in time with the tides, she will find the man who once again will open her heart to love…and meet the girl who will change Angie's life.
Titles read the past academic year:
- October 2024: Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
- September 2024: Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan
- Summer 2024: A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan
