Fall-Winter Book Discussion Series: Home Sweet Home

Is home a familiar space or a foreign place?  Can it be both at once?  In this series, we will consider the notion of “home” as a nebulous place of nostalgia, security and betrayal by reading and talking about books related to the theme.

Each session in this series will begin with a lecture about the book, its author, and its historical context.  A facilitated group discussion will follow.  This program is sponsored by The Friends of the Chevy Chase, DC Library.

Oct. 10
Beowulf, Seamus Heaney translation

Nov. 7
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

Dec. 5
What Maisie Knew by Henry James

Jan. 9
Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky

Feb. 6
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

March 6
The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger