When:
Dec 08, 2011 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where:
MaRS Centre, CR-5
101 College Street
Toronto, ON
Join educator Tina Urman, faculty member at the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies, as she reviews a series of recent literary best selling novels, while discussing the common thread woven into these works that captures our imagination, attention and sensibilities.
Dates:
September 22, 2011 (12:00 PM – 1:30 PM) – Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
November 17, 2011 (12:00 PM – 1:30 PM) – The Paris Wife
December 8, 2011 (12:00 PM – 1:30 PM) – The Tiger’s Wife
Fees include sandwich lunches and facilitation.
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September 22
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
Quaint Edgecombe St. Mary in the English countryside is rife with delicately spun characters that give this novel its heart and soul. Converging on the character of Major Ernest Pettigrew, a retired schoolteacher with a penchant for tradition and an unwavering stiff upper lip, we see unfold what is a love story at its core. Simonson has created a wry, endearing and often-hilarious story of life in an idyllic village, wrought with cultural prejudices, straddling tradition and the future that has you rooting for Major Pettigrew, a most unlikely hero. |
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November 17
The Paris Wife
Inspired by Ernest Hemingway’s Parisian memoir, The Paris Wife is narrated by Hadley Richardson, the first wife. We see the growth and demise of a tumultuous marriage set against the backdrop of 1920s Paris, the ripening of Ernest’s brilliant talent as much as his womanizing. Hadley remains an outsider in Hemingway’s world of artists, writers and thinkers. Despite her desperate attempts at normalcy, their whirlwind marriage ends in heartbreak. Hadley carries the book on her dignified shoulders, a touching and enduring story of a woman who convinces you of her goodness and strength despite losing everything she loves. |
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December 8
The Tiger’s Wife
The Tiger’s Wife follows the young pediatrician Natalia as she travels in search of answers surrounding her surgeon grandfather’s death; recounting the stories that solidified their relationship and reflecting on his adventurous life. In the guise of a folktale, The Tiger’s Wife draws you into a country divided by war and prejudice held together by its people, and in its narrative, challenges the reader to believe in the unbelievable.
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