38 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | JULY 2020
Just in case: Check with your club contact to confirm meeting place, date, and time.
We meet on the second Tuesday of each
month at 9:30 am in the RCN room #3.
Newcomers are always welcome, even if you
haven't read the book.
PLEASE NOTE: The book below has been
rescheduled from a previous date due to the
coronavirus. If the facilities remain closed,
this book will be rescheduled again.
Our July selection is The Tattooist of
Auschwitz by Heather Morris. Here is a brief
description of the book from Amazon.com:
"In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew,
is forcibly transported to the concentration
camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his
captors discover that he speaks several
languages, he is put to work as a Tätowierer
(the German word for tattooist), tasked
with permanently marking his fellow
prisoners. Imprisoned for over two and a
half years, Lale witnesses horrific atrocities
and barbarism, but also incredible acts
of bravery and compassion. Risking his
own life, he uses his privileged position to
exchange jewels and money from murdered
Jews for food to keep his fellow prisoners
alive. One day in July 1942, Lale, prisoner
32407, comforts a trembling young woman
waiting in line to have the number 34902
tattooed onto her arm. Her name is Gita,
and in that first encounter, Lale vows to
somehow survive the camp and marry her.
A vivid, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful
re-creation of Lale Sokolov's experiences as
the man who tattooed the arms of thousands
of prisoners with what would become one of
the most potent symbols of the Holocaust,
The Tattooist of Auschwitz is also a testament
to the endurance of love and humanity under
the darkest possible conditions."
Please join us when we discuss this book
on Tuesday, July 14 at 9:30 am. Mary Lou
Keating will be leading the discussion. For
those of you who like to read ahead, our
next book is scheduled to be The Death of
Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware. NOTE: If there
is a June meeting, then this will be the July
book. For more information, please contact
Micki Rosen at michelesrosen@gmail.com.
~ Micki Rosen
Book Club
