July Book Club: "The Memory Book" by Linda Fischer

This summer's #WanderfulReads pick is Linda Fischer's The Memory Book: One Woman's Self-Discovery in the Mist of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (http://www.amazon.com/Memory-Book-Self-Discovery-Austro-Hungarian-Monarchy/dp/0974428736/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1433195818&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Memory+Book:+One+Woman%27s+Self-Discovery+in+the+Mist+of+the+Austro-Hungarian+Monarchy&linkCode=sl1&tag=gogirtranet-20&linkId=KAZ6C3PYX367BEQS). Linda, author of The Memory Book and fellow NYC-based traveler, will be joining us for 2-for-1 drinks and a brief presentation.

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About the book:

On a short vacation to Budapest, the author finds a small leather book in an antique store. Opening it she discovers pages filled with watercolors, drawings, and messages. The book turns out to be a memory book—a keepsake album kept by Central European girls at the turn of the twentieth century in which to record advice and remember special events. This one contains evergreen truisms and aphorisms written to the book’s owner when she visited places few Americans know. Curiosity and concern propel the author on a multi-year journey into the heart of Old Europe and deep into centuries of art, history, and war. The book lives, the girl lives on, and its message of love finds meaning in our time.

Support Wanderful by purchasing The Memory Book from Amazon.com here (http://www.amazon.com/Memory-Book-Self-Discovery-Austro-Hungarian-Monarchy/dp/0974428736/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1433195818&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Memory+Book:+One+Woman%27s+Self-Discovery+in+the+Mist+of+the+Austro-Hungarian+Monarchy&linkCode=sl1&tag=gogirtranet-20&linkId=KAZ6C3PYX367BEQS).