Accomplishments

YALE ROAD BOOK CLUB

Began 2003 with five members, now have eight with two honorary members

Read and discussed 161 books (see list under Book Reviews)

Guest Speakers:
Sue Blois
Meg Waite Clayton
Fran Adams Kearton
Brian Solon
Stephanie Brown (x2)
Joe McNamara (x2)
Maureen Draper
Les Koonce
Tom Curran
Katherine Luttrell
John Menderman
Donne Davis  

Keith Van Sickle

Field Trips:
Kauai
Queen Noor
Boston
Legion of Honor

Seen Movies/Videos/Lectures about Books we’ve read:
Secret Life of Bees
Steinbeck biography
Women in White
Memoirs of a Geisha
Story of Edgar Sawtelle (Oprah interview with author)
Mao’s Last Dancer
Word for Word—Olive Kitteridge
The Blind Side
Presumed Innocent
Snow Falls on Cedars
The Help

Been quoted in Two Newspapers about contributing books (over 5,000 and counting)
The Almanac
Palo Alto Daily

Listened to Author’s Speak
Queen Noor
Greg Mortenson
Barry Eisler
Mildred Kalish
Meg Waite Clayton
Elizabeth George
Khalid Hosseini (x2)
Madeline Albright
Lisa See
Alexander McCall Smith
Ann Patchett
Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Abraham Verghese
Alice LaPlante
Stephanie Brown
Tobias Wolff, Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman discussing Philip Roth
Stephanie Brown

Members Who Received an Award
Rebecca Nelson, 2012, Athena Award
Barbara Tyler, 2013, Distinguished Alumni Award

 

Adopted Three Teachers at Costano School
Gary Davis
Alisha Fitzhugh
Jesusita Ravera

Have enjoyed Holiday Parties, Garden Parties, Gentry Magazine Parties, and Walked to Tootsies

And most of all….we’ve been best friends….and there for each other when needed (Chemo Sabbies)