The Between the Lines book discussion group meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm in Robeson Pavilion Room C.  Following are the books, in order by date, the group will discuss from September 2010 through August 2011.  Note: In November, we meet for a special joint discussion with the library’s Table Talk and Cover to Cover discussion groups; join us at the Main Library in Pavilion A/B on Tuesday, November 9, at 6:30 pm.

The Piano Teacher By Lee, Janice Y. K. 2009-11 - Penguin Books 0143116533 Check Our Catalog "In the sweeping tradition of The English Patient, Lee offers a gripping tale set in war-torn Hong Kong. Rich with intrigue, romance, and betrayal, this wonderfully written, utterly captivating novel dazzles." -- Chang-rae Lee Download and print our discussion guide (PDF) …More

Away By Bloom, Amy 2007-08 - Random House 1400063566 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title 2008 ALA Notable In this brilliant new novel, which is at once heartbreaking, romantic, and completely unforgettable, Bloom pens the epic and intimate story of young Lillian Leyb, who after her family is destroyed in a Russian pogrom comes to America alone, determined to make her way in a new land. …More

The Help By Stockett, Kathryn 2009-02 - Amy Einhorn Books 0399155341 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title (Fiction). In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women view one another. …More

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society By Shaffer, Mary Ann Author Barrows, Annie 2009-05 - Dial Press 0385341008 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title In 1946, writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name. Download and print our discussion guide (PDF) …More

This Is Where I Leave You By Tropper, Jonathan 2009-08 - Dutton Books 052595127X Check Our Catalog From a internationally best-selling, critically acclaimed author of four novels that have been called moving, hilarious, tender, superb, smart, honest, sweet, deft, and magnificent comes this newest novel. …More

Little Bee By Cleave, Chris 2009-02 - Simon & Schuster 1416589635 Check Our Catalog From the author of the international bestseller "Incendiary" comes a haunting novel about the tenuous friendship that blooms between two disparate strangers--one an illegal Nigerian refugee, the other a recent widow from suburban London. …More

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession By Bartlett, Allison Hoover 2009-09 - Riverhead Books 1594488916 Check Our Catalog While most thieves steal for profit, rare-book thief John Charles Gilkey steals purely for the love of books. With a mixture of suspense, insight, and humor, "The Man Who Loved Books Too Much" immerses the reader in the world of literary obsession and reveals how dangerous it can be. …More

The Other Boleyn Girl By Gregory, Philippa 2008-01 - Touchstone Books 1416560602 Check Our Catalog A rich and compelling tale of love, sex, ambition, and intrigue, "The Other Boleyn Girl" introduces a woman of extraordinary determination and desire who lived at the heart of the most exciting and glamorous court in Europe, and who survived by following her own heart. Touchstone …More

The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story By Ackerman, Diane 2007-09 - W. W. Norton & Company 0393061728 Check Our Catalog 2008 ALA Notable BookPage Notable Title When Germany invaded Poland, bombers devastated Warsaw, and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski smuggled Jews through the empty cages, saving hundreds of people from Nazi hands. …More

White Noise By DeLillo, Don 1986-01 - Penguin Books 0140077022 Check Our Catalog Jack Gladney teaches Hitler studies at a liberal arts college in Middle America where his colleagues include New York expatriates who want to immerse themselves in \American magic and dread\". Jack and his forth wife and four offspring …More

A Gate at the Stairs By Moore, Lorrie 2009-09 - Knopf Publishing Group 0375409289 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title The long-awaited new novel--a book of stunning power--by one of the most heralded writers of the past thirty years. Set just after the events of September 2001, about a twenty-year-old woman from a small midwestern farm, making her way, coming of age. Under the novel's languid, easygoing surface, Moore's deft, lyrical writing brings us up against the heart of racism, the shock of war, and the carelessness perpetrated against others in the name of love. …More