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Title: The Plot
Author: Jean Hanff Korelitz
Date: March 14, 2023
Time: 7:30 – 9:00 PM
This book is a psychologically suspenseful novel about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it.
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| Our selection for February is the moving story of an undocumented child living in poverty in the United States. “In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to “beautiful country.” Yet when seven-year-old Qian arrives in New York City in 1994 full of curiosity, she is overwhelmed by crushing fear and scarcity. In China, Qian’s parents were professors; in America, her family is “illegal” and it will require all the determination and small joys they can muster to survive.” Please register in advance for this meeting. Any questions – please contact Celinda Crego directly at cac432@aol.com |
Title: Beautiful Country: A Memoir
Author: Qian Julie Wang
Date: February 7, 2023
Time: 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Please join the Cornell Club on January 21, 2023, at the Compass House emergency shelter. The Compass House meets the basic needs of runaway and homeless youths by offering counseling, meals, and a temporary place to stay. We will be making a pizza dinner and dessert for the kids. Volunteers will be needed to help cook, set up and clean tables, and spend time with the children by playing games or watching movies. Volunteers are invited to bring board games or card games to play with the children. Food will be provided for all involved.
January 21, 2023 at 4pm
Location: 370 Linwood Avenue, Buffalo NY 14209
Please register here so that we can plan accordingly.
If you are interested in personally supporting the Compass House, they welcomes and accept monetary donations here.
Thank you all for your support of the Compass House and Cornell Cares Day.
Questions? Contact Matt Moliterno at mkm285@cornell.edu.
The selection for January 10, 2023 is a historical fiction book, based on the life of Rosalind Franklin. Her Hidden Genius: A Novel by Marie Benedict. Rosalind Franklin was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA and the work of Watson and Crick. Watson suggested that Franklin would have ideally been awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Title: Her Hidden Genius: A Novel
Author: Marie Benedict
Date: January 10, 2023
Time: 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM