Book Group

CNW hosts a peer-led book group, reading a broad range of feminist works, from graphic novels to classic biographies to the latest fiction. We meet the third Wednesday of each month from 6:30 to 8:00 PM.

New Members Welcome! Want to join? Need more info? Contact Jaclyn at 617-876-5310 or email us at bookgroups@centerfornewwords.org.

Books we’ve read include:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
Bushwhacked (Molly Ivins)
Caramelo (Sandra Cisneros)
The Curious Feminist (Cynthia Enloe)
The Dew Breaker (Edwidge Danticat)
Emergence: Labeled Autistic (Temple Grandin)
Flaming Iguanas (Erica Lopez)
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Nine Parts of Desire : The Hidden World of Islamic Women (Geraldine Brooks)
Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls (Rachel Simmons)
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
Truth and Beauty: A Friendship (Ann Patchett)
Twilight Sleep (Edith Wharton)
The Way the Crow Flies (Anne Marie MacDonald)
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)