Page Turner Book Club Selection for April

Join the Page Turner Book Club on April 27th from 7:00 – 8:30 pm to discuss “A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian” by Marina Lewycka.

The Birth House by Ami McKay

The Page Turner Book Club will be meeting on Monday, March 16th from 7:00 – 8:30 pm to discuss “The Birth House” by Ami McKay. “The Birth House” is a story of a Nova Scotia midwife and is filled with details as compelling as they are surprising. This is an unforgettable tale of the struggles women have faced to have control of their own bodies and to keep the best parts of tradition alive in the world of modern medicine. Dora Rare is the first girl in five generations born to the Rare family who live in a small Nova Scotia fishing village. In her youth, Dora apprentices to Miss Babineau, an aged Acadian midwife known for her storytelling and herbal acumen. She is also considered something of a witch by those locals most desperate to embrace modernity. The arrival in the village of Dr. Gilbert Thomas, a doctor of obstetrics, sets up the major conflict of the novel as the haughty and presumptuous newcomer quickly denigrates the use of midwives by the local women.

AND THE WINNER IS…..

Have you had a chance to read any of the books chosen for the Canada Reads 2009 debate on CBC radio? If not, stop by the Library to order your copy through POLARIS Trac or do it yourself at home. The Winner of this years competition is…..“The Book of Negroes” by Lawrence Hill.

Eat, Pray, Love : One Woman’s Search Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

Join as at the Hinton Municipal Library to discuss the next selection in our monthly reading club. Next meeting is February 23 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm

Canada Reads 2009

Five great Canadian books. Five celebrity panelists. Jian Ghomeshi hosts the Canada Reads debates March 2-6. The books chosen are…….

The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill (defended by Avi Lewis)

The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant by Michael Tremblay (defended by Anne-Marie Withenshaw)

Fruit by Brian Francis (defended by Jen Sookfong Lee)

Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards (defended by Sarah Slean)

The Outlander by Gil Adamson (defended by Nicholas Campbell)

Listen to this week long passionate debate to decide the favorite Canadian work of fiction!

Check out the Canada Reads website at http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads