This is the 2015 RIF RAFF BOOK CLUB list.

We will try to meet the last Sunday of each month unless there is a conflict. Please call to set up the meeting if your selection is being read. Check us out on the web via FaceBook RifRaff book club for live meeting notes and updates. Check the web site at http://condor.depaul.edu/~rstuba for for past book lists and exciting links. Send e-mail comments prior to the meeting date to: rifraffbc@hotmail.com . And you could always give us a call for details of the meeting if you are interested in discussing any of the books.


SUNDAY January 25, 2015 - BC

The Maid's Version

by Daniel Woodrell 164 pages

The mystery of a horrific dance hall fire as witnessed by townfolk in rural Missouri.


Sunday February 22, 2015 - BC

Killing Johnny Fry

by Walter Mosley 292 pages

Known for his crime novels this author tries his hand at a genre he calls the .sexistential novel.


SUNDAY March 29, 2015 - RS

The End of Your Life Book Club

by Will Schwalbe 338 pages

True story of a son and a mother that start a .Book Club . together as her life comes to a close.


SUNDAY April 25, 2015 - SW

How We Do It: The Evolution and Future of Human Reproduction

by Robert Martin 320 pages

One of the best books written about sex and having babies.


SUNDAY May 31, 2015 - RW

Bossy Pants

by Tina Fey 272 pages

A glimpse behind the curtains of modern comedy.


SUNDAY June 28, 2015 - RS

Little Wolves

by Thomas Maltmon 362 pages

Family issues come to a head during a drought in Minnesota.


SUNDAY July 26, 2015 - SW

The Death of Santini : The Story of a Father and his Son

by Pat Conroy 384 pages

Powerful and intimate memoir of an inspirational father.


SUNDAY August 30, 2015 - PK

18 In America : A Young Golfer's Epic Journey to Find the Essence of the Game

by Dylan Dethier 272pages

On a whim the author decides to postpone college and golf.


SUNDAY September 27, 2015 - RS

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

by Anthony Mara 384 pages

Tough minded doctor harbors a haunted young girl with powerful consequences.


SUNDAY October 26 2015 - SW

The Night of the Hunter

by Davis Grubb 198 pagesi

Crime novel, Ghost story and Morality tale


SUNDAY November 29, 2015 - PK

The Drunkards Son

by Dennis Foley 185 pages

1978 St Laurence graduate's part fictional memoir. Powerful and humorous story about growing up on Chicago's South side in the 1960s and '70s, a time of strife that also found his family running head on into an endless series of roadblocks


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