This month we will be discussing Dinners with Ruth by Nina Totenberg. For more information or to join this group, please contact Beka Castagna at castagnar@chesterfield.gov.
Book Summary: Dinners with Ruth is an extraordinary account of two women who paved the way for future generations by tearing down professional and legal barriers. It is also an intimate memoir of the power of friendships as women began to pry open career doors and transform the workplace. At the story’s heart is one, special relationship: Ruth and Nina saw each other not only through personal joys, but also illness, loss, and widowhood. During the devastating illness and eventual death of Nina’s first husband, Ruth drew her out of grief; twelve years later, Nina would reciprocate when Ruth’s beloved husband died. They shared not only a love of opera, but also of shopping, as they instinctively understood that clothes were armor for women who wanted to be taken seriously in a workplace dominated by men. During Ruth’s last year, they shared so many small dinners that Saturdays were “reserved for Ruth” in Nina’s house.
AGE GROUP: | Adult |
EVENT TYPE: | Book Discussion Groups |
With many local schools nearby, Clover Hill Library serves more children and teens than any other library in the system. To improve reading skills for children, the library hosts registered therapy dogs from PUP READers each month. The library’s meeting spaces are a popular location for various local groups and organizations to connect and share ideas. Clover Hill Library is a learning destination for everyone.
