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Wednesday, June 25 | 7 p.m. PST
Hosted by the Orange County Alumni Network
Ramona
Helen Hunt Jackson
Join the Orange County Network for our monthly book club! This month, we will discuss "Ramona" by Helen Hunt Jackson. Newcomers are always welcome!
Join local New York area Bruins (and some Cal Bears too) for a discussion of the book that inspired the successful Broadway musical "Wicked" and the 2024 movie of the same name. Newcomers are always welcome.
Join with a diverse group of New York area Bruins (and a few Cal Bears too) as we discuss "Station Eleven," the dystopian novel by Emily St. John Mandel that was the inspiration for the HBO Max streaming series that debuted in 2021. Newcomers are always welcome.
Blood and Oranges: The Story of Los Angeles by James Oliver Goldsborough
Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World by Malcolm Harris.
Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education by Stephanie Land
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Rightby Jane Mayer
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Play It As It Laysby Joan Didion
Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity by Laura Meckler
Hosted by the Orange County Alumni Network
Books
The House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday
The Book of Delightsby Ross Gay
The Nightingale By Kirsten Hannah
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Overstory by Richard Powers
The War for Kindnessby Jamil Zaki
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
A Table for Two by Amor Towles
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Calling For A Blanket Danceby Oscar Hokeah
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sand by Kate Beaton
Hosted by the Transfer Student Alumni Network
Books
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedomby Don Miguel Ruiz
The Art of Gatherby Priya Parker
Dear Freedom Writer: Stories of Hardship and Hope from the Next Generation by The Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell
The Joy of Saying No by Natalie Lue
The Midnight Library By Matt Haig
Behind Her Eyesby Sarah Pinborough
The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery by Brianna Wiest
The Creative Act: A Way of Beingby Rick Rubin
Tomorrowmind: Thriving at Work with Resilience, Creativity, and Connection — Now and in an Uncertain Futureby Gabriella Rosen Kellerman and Martin E. P. Seligman
Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
Hosted by the Rose Bowl Bruins Network
Books
The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet by Leah Thomas