by adminwcv | Jun 21, 2025 | Book Club
Our June 17, 2025 Book Club group discussed “In the Unlikely Event” by Judy Blume. When the main character, Miri, was fifteen and in love for the first time with Mason, a succession of airplanes fell from the sky, leaving a community reeling. In a period of 58 days,...
by adminwcv | May 22, 2025 | Book Club
WCV Book Lovers savored Mexican cuisine and enjoyed stimulating conversation about this month’s book, The Edible Woman, by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. We discussed how the author used food and consumption as metaphors for objectification and societal...
by adminwcv | Apr 20, 2025 | Book Club
In April, our group reviewed The Devil and the White City by Erik Larson. How do you take a dream idea and get numerous architects to plan a Worlds Fair in 1893 in Chicago on a parcel of land that is swampy? Chicago wanted the recognition after the huge success of the...
by adminwcv | Mar 20, 2025 | Book Club, Chairman's Message
The Vista Woman’s Club installed a bookshelf full of kids books at local laundromat, EZ Express Laundry on North Santa Fe Ave. The bookshelf is full of English and Spanish books which families are encouraged to read during their time in the laundromat and to take...
by adminwcv | Feb 24, 2025 | Book Club
Kate Warne is the first female Pinkerton detective and a desperate widow with a knack for manipulation. How could she become a spy in Civil WarAmerica? And, protect President Lincoln from an assassination attempt? This is a true historical fact. Our Book group...
by adminwcv | Feb 1, 2025 | Book Club
Join us February 19th, 6pm, Rancho Grande El Toro Restaurant. Our February book is Girl in Disguise by Greer MacAllister. It is set in the 1850s and 1860s and tells the story of Kate Warne, the real-life first female detective hired by the Pinkerton Agency in Chicago....
