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- PEARR’s Upcoming Book Selections
- 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
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 info (at sign) 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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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Hello Everyone,Great News! The PEARR Bookclub is up and running again. I'd like to invite you all to a new location to discuss the book, hot topics of the day and enjoy a cup of coffee with old and new friends. Americorps Volunteer member Christi Rice will be heading up the book club and she's hoping to have a great turnout for the upcoming date. We hope to see you there!
Book: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Date: Tuesday, March 25th
Time: 7 p.m.Location: BREW Urban Cafe in Victoria Park, 638 N. Federal Hwy
(in the Winn Dixie plaza)
To give you a little information about the book...
"In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. How McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild.Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash. He would give himself a new name, Alexander Supertramp, and , unencumbered by money and belongings, he would be free to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that nature presented. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he vanished into the wild.Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interest that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the dries and desires that propelled McCandless. Digging deeply, he takes an inherently compelling mystery and unravels the larger riddles it holds: the profound pull of the American wilderness on our imagination; the allure of high-risk activities to young men of a certain cast of mind; the complex, charged bond between fathers and sons.When McCandless's innocent mistakes turn out to be irreversible and fatal, he becomes the stuff of tabloid headlines and is dismissed for his naiveté, pretensions, and hubris. He is said to have had a death wish but wanting to die is a very different thing from being compelled to look over the edge. Krakauer brings McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity , and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man are illuminated with a rare understanding--and not an ounce of sentimentality. Mesmerizing, heartbreaking, Into the Wild is a tour de force. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's storytelling blaze through every page."
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Saturday, October 27, 2007
The CDM Fort Lauderdale office will be hosting their second annual golf tournament this year to benefit Women In Distress. The tournament will be held at the Palm Aire Country Club on Saturday, October 27th. Palm Aire is a premier full-service golf club featuring five outstanding golf courses.
All the proceeds of the tournament will be donated through PEARR. The tournament will be limited to 100 golfers on a first come, first served basis and the registration deadline is October 13, 2007. The sponsorship deadline is October 6th .
We welcome all of our members and supporters to get involved in this fun and worthwhile event! For further details and information. please contact Dora Florindo @ 954-776-1731.
All the proceeds of the tournament will be donated through PEARR. The tournament will be limited to 100 golfers on a first come, first served basis and the registration deadline is October 13, 2007. The sponsorship deadline is October 6th .
We welcome all of our members and supporters to get involved in this fun and worthwhile event! For further details and information. please contact Dora Florindo @ 954-776-1731.
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Friday, September 28, 2007
You are invited to our fall social event 6-8 p.m. Sept. 28 at Cafe Pisa, 1 E. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Cafe Pisa is a wonderful, atmospheric Italian Restaurant/Bar conveniently located downtown where we can get together after work and get the weekend off to a great start! Jeff, the owner of Cafe Pisa is opening his location to PEARR, so please support your local business owners who are willing to support Women In Distress!
The Cafe is located on the first floor of the Wachovia building on the northeast corner of Broward Blvd. and N. Andrews Avenue. Drive north on North Andrews Ave., take a right on NE 1st Ave. Directly on the right hand side you will see the stairs going up to the Wachovia Building and Cafe Pisa is located near the water fountain on the first floor. There is free parking in the parking garage on NE 1st street any time after 6:00pm...so no concerns on where to find parking!We would LOVE to see you, so please come out to visit with old friends and make some new ones! All proceeds from ticket costs will go to benefit PEARR/Women In Distress. Meet up for refreshments, prize raffles and get two drink tickets; $15 PEARR members, $20 others; discounts on new memberships will be available.
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