Here's the official release for details:
RCC Book Club is free and open to the public!
The Roycroft Campus Corporation announces the RCC BOOK CLUB selections for 2009/2010. A brief description of each book is on back.
Join us for one or all of the discussion dates listed below.
Location: The Roycroft Inn – Salon area
40 South Grove Street, East Aurora, NY 14052
Book ONE: “The Women” by T.C. Boyle
Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 4:00pm (available at Copper Shop)
Book TWO: “City of Light” by Lauren Belfer
Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 4:00pm
Book THREE: “The Devil, In The White City” by Erik Larson
Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 4:00pm
Book FOUR: “Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America” by Charles Leerhsen
Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 4:00pm
Please RSVP your attendance to 655-0261
A brief description of each book.
Most of the reviews below have been lifted from the Barnes and Noble website:
Book ONE: “The Women” by T.C. Boyle
A revelatory view of a genius creator, his wives and his lovers…. In this dazzling historical novel, master architect Frank Lloyd Wright comes alive through the words of four women he loved. Their voices are radically dissimilar: Montenegrin ballerina Olgivanna Milanoff; tempestuous southern belle Maud Miriam Noel; free-spirited, tragically fated Mamah Cheney; and artist Kitty Tobin, Wright's first wife. In The Women, adventurous novelist T. C. Boyle (The Road to Wellville; The Inner Circle) exposes Wright's deep-seeded resistance to convention in every arena of his life.
Book TWO: “City of Light” by Lauren Belfer
The year is 1901. Buffalo, New York, is poised for glory. With its booming industry and newly electrified streets, Buffalo is a model for the century just beginning.
Louisa Barrett has made this dazzling city her home. Headmistress of Buffalo’s most prestigious school, Louisa is at ease in a world of men, protected by the titans of her city. But nothing prepares her for a startling discovery: evidence of a murder tied to the city’s cathedral-like power plant at nearby Niagara Falls. This shocking crime—followed by another mysterious death—will ignite an explosive chain of events. For in this city of seething intrigue and dazzling progress, a battle rages among politicians, power brokers, and industrialists for control of Niagara. And one extraordinary woman in their midst must protect a dark secret that implicates them all …
Author Belfer spent six years composing City of Light, and the commitment shows.
Book THREE: “The Devil, In The White City” by Erik Larson
Bringing Chicago circa 1893 to vivid life, Erik Larson's spellbinding bestseller intertwines the true tale of two men--the brilliant architect behind the legendary 1893 World's Fair, striving to secure America's place in the world; and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction.
Book FOUR: “Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America” by Charles Leerhsen
America loved Dan Patch, who, though kind and gentle, seemed to understand that he was a superstar: he acknowledged applause from the grandstands with a nod or two of his majestic head and stopped as if to pose when he saw a camera. He became the first celebrity sports endorser; his name appeared on breakfast cereals, washing machines, cigars, razors, and sleds. At a time when the highest-paid baseball player, Ty Cobb, was making $12,000 a year, Dan Patch was earning over a million dollars.
A hundred years ago, the most famous athlete in America was a horse. But Dan Patch was more than a sports star; he was a cultural icon in the days before the automobile.
In Crazy Good, Charles Leerhsen travels through the world of horse racing (which attracted hustlers, cheats, and touts); to bring back to life this fascinating story of triumph and treachery in small-town America and big-city racetracks.
