Episode 1. Did you know that the Pfister has its very own book club?
I love books. All books. Anywhere and everywhere. I love the way they stretch across borders and speak in many languages. The way they sit on shelves and lay on floors. The way they smell. And take me to places near and far. The way the words fall into place, sometimes so devastatingly and beautifully, […]
A Grateful Goodbye
What’ll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next thirty years? -F. Scott Fitzgerald People tend to have strong opinions about The Great Gatsby. They utterly adore it or they can’t fathom what all the fuss is about. Readers of both minds flocked to the Pfister this week for […]
The Pfister Book Club Celebrates April in Paris
Though Milwaukee was still appallingly wintery this week, the Pfister Book Club set our minds on lovelier locales with an “April in Paris” themed meeting. We discussed The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George, a novel about a Parisian bookseller who has the gift of “transperception”, meaning he can see deeply into his customer’s emotions […]
The Pfister Book Club, Extra Spicy
This month, our Pfister Book Club discussed a book that has been on so many of the “must read” lists lately, including being named Amazon’s Best Novel of 2017. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng is the perfect novel for a book club because it’s an engrossing page-turner that still deals with complex issues like […]
A Title Unanimously Loved by the Pfister Book Club
We’ve read all kinds of books so far this year in our Pfister Book Club; the only common thread between the titles I’ve selected has been that I think it will spark lively discussions. This month’s title, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah was clearly the most well-received book […]
The Pfister Book Club Begins the New Year with New York
Lillian Boxfish is an 84 year old woman who spent her New Years Eve traipsing around New York City, reminiscing about her remarkable life and advertising career played out in the city she loved. Our Pfister Book Club celebrated the threshold of a new year with the gumption-filled voice of Lillian Boxfish, a dessert fit […]