2025 List of Books

January:  Mark Helprin "The Oceans and the Stars" (Joan Gandy)

February: Rich Cohen "The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King”

Rich Cohen talks about his book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdi5ctZKydM&pp=ygUsUmljaCBjb2hlbiBhYm91dCB0aGUgZmlzaCB0aGF0IGF0ZSB0aGUgd2hhbGU%3D

About Doris Zemurray-Stone: 

https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/7E3152B3A9072F1811419583AF81D026/S095653610000211Xa.pdf/doris_zemurray_stone_19091994.pdf

An article about the house on Audubon Lane where Samuel Zemurray lived for 50 years:

https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/what-the-banana-man-swanky-audubon-place-and-the-palatial-home-of-tulanes-president-have/article_99368e7c-e818-11eb-b91e-8bb051dbecbe.html

Video about Samuel Zemurray : https://youtu.be/ifXOKqqnUmU?si=mlCqZStGEGONW7wl 

March:  Marilynne Robinson "Gilead" (Joan Gandy)

April:  Tracy Chevalier "The Glassmaker" (Rita)

A historical fiction novel follows the Rosso family of glassmakers in Murano, Italy over five centures. The story is told through the eyes of Orsola Rosso, the eldest daughter in the family, who teaches herself to make glass beads in secret.

May:    Geraldine Brooks "Horse"

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