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The Hobart Book Village Book Group was established in the late summer of 2010 in Hobart, New York, and in 2011 renamed the Dorothy Marshall Book Group (DMBG), after the late Dorothy (“Dot”) Marshall (1927-2011). Dot Marshall was an active member of the Hobart Book Village Coop, an ardent member of the Book Group, and a local philanthropist. The DMBG meets monthly on Saturdays, usually in the home of Bridget and Dick Stinson of South Kortright.
Members of the group include: Mary Lou Anarella, Cheryl Clarke, Barbara Coleman, Kristin Masters, Ronnie Nolen, Barbara Hoover Stevens, Bridget Stinson, Diane Wickham.
The DMBG is currently reading Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
In the past two years, the DMBG has read and discussed:
An Unquenchable Thirst - Mary Johnson
Mr g: A Novel About Creation - Alan Lightman.
Sarah’s Key - Tatiana de Rosnay
The Exile- Pearl Buck (1936)
The Fighting Angel- Pearl Buck (1936)
Brother, I’m Dying- Edwidge Danticat (2007)
The Hemingses of Monticello- Annette Gordon Reed (2008)
Stand the Storm- Breena Clarke (2009)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks- Rebecca Skloot
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society- Shaffer and Barrows (2009)
Three Cups of Tea- Greg Mortenson (2007)
The Help- Kathryn Stockett (2011)
Water for Elephants- Sara Gruen (2007)
The Optimist’s Daughter- Eudora Welty (1972)
The Refuge- Terry Tempest Williams (1992)
Mary Oliver: New and Selected Poems, Vol. I- (1992)
One Thousand Splendid Suns- Khaled Hosseini (2008)
Short Stories of Dorothy Parker (various editions from 1924-1958)
Thinking of joining us? Please call Cheryl Clarke, contact person, 201-388-0361 (cell).
Members of the group include: Mary Lou Anarella, Cheryl Clarke, Barbara Coleman, Kristin Masters, Ronnie Nolen, Barbara Hoover Stevens, Bridget Stinson, Diane Wickham.
The DMBG is currently reading Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
In the past two years, the DMBG has read and discussed:
An Unquenchable Thirst - Mary Johnson
Mr g: A Novel About Creation - Alan Lightman.
Sarah’s Key - Tatiana de Rosnay
The Exile- Pearl Buck (1936)
The Fighting Angel- Pearl Buck (1936)
Brother, I’m Dying- Edwidge Danticat (2007)
The Hemingses of Monticello- Annette Gordon Reed (2008)
Stand the Storm- Breena Clarke (2009)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks- Rebecca Skloot
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society- Shaffer and Barrows (2009)
Three Cups of Tea- Greg Mortenson (2007)
The Help- Kathryn Stockett (2011)
Water for Elephants- Sara Gruen (2007)
The Optimist’s Daughter- Eudora Welty (1972)
The Refuge- Terry Tempest Williams (1992)
Mary Oliver: New and Selected Poems, Vol. I- (1992)
One Thousand Splendid Suns- Khaled Hosseini (2008)
Short Stories of Dorothy Parker (various editions from 1924-1958)
Thinking of joining us? Please call Cheryl Clarke, contact person, 201-388-0361 (cell).
