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Watermark's Longitude Book Club

 

This club explored global culture through great fiction & non-fiction reads. It meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the cafe. Shelly Walston, leader of the club, lived for two years in Kazakhstan and is fluent in Russian and Kazakh. Shelly has a BA in English from KU and received her MA from WSU.

 

 

 

Book Selections

 

2010

 

December 28 - Purge by Sofi Oksanen.

 

November 23 - The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea.

 

October 26 - The Truth About Love by Stephanie Laurens.

 

September 28 - The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

 

August 24 - That Mad Ache and Translator, Trader by Francoise Sagan, translated by Douglas Hofstadter.

 

July 27 - Between Assassinations by Aravind Adiga.

 

June 22 - Then We Saw the Flames by Daniel Hoyt.

 

May 25 - Laughing Without an Accent by Firoozeh Dumas.

 

April 27 - The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa.

 

March 23 - The Size of My World by Joan Silber.

 

February 23 - The Proof of the Honey by Salwa Al Neimi.

 

January 26 - Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery.

 

2009

December 22 - "Flight" by Sherman Alexie.

November 24 - "How the Soldier Repairs the Gramaphone" by Sasa Stanisic.

October 27 - "Lost City Radio" by Daniel Alarcon.

September 22 - "Unaccustomed Earth" by Jhumpa Lahiri.

August 25 - "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" by Junot Diaz.

July 28 - "The Complete Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi.

The group had originally selected "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" as their July book, but decided to swap with the more timely "The Complete Persepolis," which was originally slated for August.

June 23 - "My Name is Red" by Orhan Pamuk.

May 26 - "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" by Alexandra Fuller.

April 28 - "The White Tiger" by Aravind Adiga.

March 24 - (Sweden): "Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name" by Vendela Vida

February 24 - (South Africa + Iran): "The Pick Up" by Nadine Gordimer

January 20 - (China + Russia): "Russian Concubine" by Kate Furnivall

 

2008

December 23 - (Latin America): "100 Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

November 25 - (Germany): "The Zookeeper's Wife" by Diane Ackerman

October 28 - (Russia + Early America): "Away" by Amy Bloom

September 23 - (China): "Saving Fish From Drowning" by Amy Tan

August 26 - (India+): "Karma & Other Stories" by Reshi Redi

July 22 - (Mexico): "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolpho Anaya

June 24 - (France): "Suite Francaise" by Irene Nemerovsky

May 27 - (South Africa): "Southern Cross" by Jann Turner

April 22 - (Italy): "The Almond Picker" by Simonetta Hornby

March 25 - "Words Without Borders" by Samantha Achnee, Alane Salierno and Dedi Felman.

February 26 - "The Map of Love" by Ahdaf Soueif.

January 22 - "Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee" by Meera Syal.

 

2007

December 27 - "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe.

November 27 - "The Orientalist" by Tom Reiss.

October 23 - "Kitchen" by Banana Yoshimoto.

September 25 - "Crescent" by Diana Abu-Jaber.

August 28 - "Southern Cross" by Jann Turner.

July 24 - "Serving Crazy with Curry" by Amulya Malladi.

June 26 - "Saving the World" by Julia Alvarez.

May 22 - "The Russian Debutante's Handbook" by Gary Shteyngart.

April 24 - "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa See.

 

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Monday - Friday:  10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Cafe opens at 7:00 a.m.)

Saturday:  10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.  (Cafe opens at 7:00 a.m.)

Sunday:  Noon - 5:00 p.m. 

 

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