Next Dine and Discuss

Hello!

We are hosting the next Dine and Discuss. Paul and I live at 4326 N Wolcott Ave, Apt #2 (second floor), just south of the Montrose and Wolcott intersection. We need your help picking a date and book. Please submit your preferred options on this blog. If we have a tie, Paul and I will break it.

Date options are:
Saturday, June 26th at 12pm (brunch)
Saturday, June 26th at 6 or 7pm
Sunday, June 27th at 5pm
Sunday, July 11th at 5pm
Or, we can go further into the summer......

Book options are:
Option #1: The Immortal Life of Henreitta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Nonfiction. It's the story of the woman from whom the infamous "HeLa" cells were taken without her knowledge. Henreitta was a poor Southern tobacco farmer. Most of her descendants live in poverty, without health insurance, and have just begun to understand what their mother's cells have done for modern medicine (and still do by making millions for those who sell them and the careers of the scientists who work with them). It's still in hardcover, but can be purchased for $10-16 (used vs new) on Amazon. Read a brief summary and find a link to the first 5000 words here:
http://rebeccaskloot.com/the-immortal-life/

Option #2: Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Nonfiction. This is the true story of Mortenson's work building schools in remote villages in Pakistan. Mortenson moves from a failed climb of Pakistan's K2 to someone who promises a school to one small village to a major player in promoting peace through education in Pakistan and Afghanistan. A unique view into the politics of Afganistan and Pakistan. Available in hardcover or paperback, approximately $10 from Amazon. See more here: http://www.threecupsoftea.com/about-the-book/

Option #3: The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Fiction. Set in 1960s Mississippi, this is the story of 3 very different and extraordinary women. Skeeter is a 22-year-old returning home from college graduation. Aibileen is a black maid, wise and regal raising her 17th white child. Minny is Aibileen's best friend - short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. Together their determination will start a movement that forever changes a town and the way women - mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends - view one another. Approximately $14 from Amazon. See more at: http://www.kathrynstockett.com/index.htm

Looking forward to hearing your choices!

Kelly & Paul