UMRA Book Club I

The UMRA Book Club has been meeting regularly since March of 2011. We meet at 2 p.m. on the third Friday of every month at the 1666 Coffman Building on Larpenteur Avenue near the St. Paul Campus. Presently we are meeting online via Zoom.

We are eclectic readers, our books being from all time periods, fiction and nonfiction, and from various genres. We plan our book schedule for the coming year at our December meeting. 

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Contact Pat Tollefson for more information ([email protected]). A list of all the books we have read is available from Pat as well. 

The UMRA Book Club I is full at the present with a short waiting list. Contact us to get on the wait list. Or see Book Club II.

  

Interest group chairs—to get your events on the annual calendar, please send the event title, date, time, contact information, and description to the webmaster.

For Book Notes in addition to those from Book Club I (below), see the Book Notes page.

Book Notes

Miss Benson's Beetle, book cover

Book Notes | ‘Miss Benson’s Beetle’

Event date:
The power of friendship, the destructive impact of war, and genuine appreciation of the natural world are the overriding themes in this quirky, historical novel about an unlikely expedition by two women in search of an elusive golden beetle.
Elephant Company, book cover

Book Notes | ‘Elephant Company’

Event date:
Set in Burma after World War I, this “spellbinding” true story about James Howard Williams and his love for elephants provides lessons in courage, trust, and gratitude.

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