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| Funds raised by PEARR go to Women In Distress of Broward County, Inc., the only state certified, nationally accredited, full-service domestic violence center in the county. Women In Distress provides victims of domestic abuse with a 24-hour hotline, shelter, counseling, and educational programs. |
- THE BOOK CLUB IS BACK!!
- CDM Second Annual Golf Tournament to Benefit Women...
- PEARR at Pisa!
- Second Thursdays Book Club
- Second Thursdays Book Club
- You're Invited to PEARR's Summer Bash!
- Second Thursdays Bookclub
- Spring General Membership Meeting
- Second Thursdays Bookclub
- Live Boldly : An Art Event and Silent Auction
For more Women In Distress and other related community events,
please see the PEARR Community Calendar.
If you would like your event listed here, please email secondvp@pearr.org for consideration.
Also feel free to register online for any of the upcoming events listed below. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Friday, April 11, 2008
Wednesday, April 30th 7:00pmThe Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
About the Book
This stunning novel begins on a winter night in 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy, but the doctor immediately recognizes that his daughter has Down syndrome. For motives that he tells himself are good, he makes a split-second decision that will haunt all of their lives forever. He asks his nurse, Caroline, to take the baby away to an institution.
Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child on her own. Compulsively readable and deeply moving, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter is a brilliantly crafted story of parallel lives, familial secrets, and the redemptive power of love.
Tuesday, May 27th 7:00pm
Concealed…Inside the Enemy by Barbara Kline
South Florida author Barbara Kline will be joining us to discuss the book and her writing process. The book is available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com.
About the Book
Concealed...Inside the Enemy is the story of Amirah Hamad, an Arabic reporter, who finds herself trapped amidst the war in Iraq . Narrowly escaping an explosion, she is rescued by Kevin O' Conner, a sergeant in the United States Army. Their love for each other flourishes, even as a trail of danger and betrayal follows them. Forced to flee Iraq , Amirah leaves behind her forbidden love.
Once back home in Amman , Jordan , Amirah is haunted by her past as she endeavors to clear her name. Follow Amirah as she embarks on an incredible journey, which takes place in the deserts of Iraq and in the United States of America .
Tuesday, June 24th 7:00pm
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
About the Book
Dave Eggers was only twenty-one when his parents died of cancer within weeks of each other. In the aftermath of their deaths, Eggers became the acting parent of his eight-year-old brother, Toph. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is the story of their life together, with Dave's efforts at housekeeping, cooking, and getting Toph to school on time comically at odds with his desire to spend time at bars with friends, to put out a satirical magazine--in short, to live a life suited to a person his own age.
This thoughtful, moving, and at times uproariously funny memoir has been widely hailed as a major literary debut, not least for Eggers' ability to combine rueful humor with unmatched insight into the banality and pathos of contemporary life.
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