Book Club Meets Today to Discuss Hemingway's 'Old Man and the Sea'

The Chatsworth Library Book Club meets today from 1:00-2:30 p.m. in the library meeting room to discuss Ernest Hemingway's 1952 novella, The Old Man and the Sea.

It is about an elderly Cuban Fisherman who has gone 84 days without catching a fish. On day 85 he goes out alone in his small boat and hooks a huge fish that pulls him along for two days and nights.

Book Club members choose the books that they want to read and so they cover a large variety of subjects.  Discussions are fun and insightful.  The books can be ordered from the library at 21052 Devonshire St.  

The next books will be:

Oct. 5 -- Borderline by Nevada Barr – Fiction – Mystery - 2009 – 399 pages. Park ranger Anna Pigeon and her husband take a river rafting trip down the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park in Texas.  The group hits the rapids, leaving them raftless and in serious danger.

Nov. 2 -- Einstein - His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson – Nonfiction – 2007 – Call No. 530.11092. A comprehensive look at Einstein’s life, including family and friends, as well as his theories.  The book is intended for a general audience.

Dec. 7 -- The Head Hunter’s Daughter by Tamar Myers – Fiction - 2011 – 256 pages. In 1945 an infant white girl is left to die in the Belgian Congo, but is found by a Bashilele tribesman. The girl is brought into the tribe.  Later a missionary and a policeman hear of the girl and set off to bring her back to “civilization.”  However, the girl no longer belongs to their world – and the secrets of her birth and disappearance place everyone in peril.

-- Clara Woll