THIS IS THE YEAR 2000 RIF RAFF BOOK CLUB LIST.
SUNDAY January 30, 2000
Amsterdam
by Ian McEwan
A darkly funny tale of love, death, scandal and euthanasia.
SUNDAY February 27, 2000
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down
by Alice Walker
Short stories that probe into relations between races and between sexes.
SUNDAY March 26, 2000
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
Classic World War II thriller.
SUNDAY April 30, 2000
St. Burl's Obituary
by Daniel Akst
A chaste but learned writer of obituaries stumbles one night into a gangland slaying.
SUNDAY May 28, 2000
The Greatest Generation
by Tom Brokaw
Inspiring, personal stories of the young men and women who served our country and shaped the foundation of post-war America.
SUNDAY June 25, 2000
Recipes from the Dump
by Abigail Stone
Hillbilly woman concocts zany recipes from life.
SUNDAY July 30, 2000
Catch 22
by Joseph Heller
A black comedy in the grand tradition, this story of the absurdities of life for American Air Force fliers stationed in Italy is arguably one of the funniest books ever written.
SUNDAY August 27, 2000
The Reader
by Bernard Schlink
A holocaust story that focuses on a young man whom falls in love with an older woman who is a guard at a German camp.
SUNDAY September 24, 2000
While I was Gone
by Sue Miller
Study in familial crime and punishment. Portrait of a woman besieged by her conscience.
SUNDAY October 29, 2000
We So Seldom Look on Love and Other Stories
by Barbara Gowdy
Short stories that both disturb and entertain, with a focus on obsession and the abnormal.
SUNDAY November 26, 2000
Accordion Crimes
by E. Annie Proulx
Story revolves around various people who use the same green accordion for 100 years.
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