Those who attended the November meeting of the Time Traveler’s Book Club shared books printed or set in the 1960s. As is always the case at this book club, the delightful selections presented ranged from A-Z. Several are described below.
1. The Women’s Room, by Marilyn French.
Presents the feminist movement which began in the 1960s with Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique. The Woman’s Room follows the fortunes of Mira Ward, a woman in a traditional marriage, and her gradual feminist awakening.
2. The Man who Went to the Far Side of the Moon, by Bea Schyffert. Children’s book about Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the moon alone while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the surface.
3. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
Centers on a young white woman in 1960s Jackson, Mississippi, who writes a book from the perspective of Black maids working for white families. She teams up with two black maids to expose the racism and discrimination they face daily.
4. A White House Diary by Lady Bird Johnson
A chronicle of the First Lady’s White House years during the turbulent 1960s. While the author includes much about the presidency and the affairs of state, this diary is essentially the story of a wife and mother managing the responsibility of being the nation’s First Family.
5. Maria, My Own Story, by Maria Von Trapp
When the 1965 movie “The Sound of Music” starring Julie Andrews as Maria took the nation by storm, much interest was directed toward the real Maria, Maria Von Trapp, an Austrian wife and mother. This title gives an inside look at the life of the actual Baroness Von Trapp.
Please join us for the next meeting of the Time Travelers’ Book Club on Sunday, February 1, 2:00, on the museum’s second floor. Bring books or titles to share which were written or set during the years 500 – 1300AD . . . and enjoy a book discussion with a cup of tea.
