THE BOOK CAFE RETURNS! WOMEN'S HOTEL by DANIEL M. LAVERY

Come join us at the Book Cafe! Meet new people, read books you normally wouldn't choose for yourself, learn about other's perspectives & just have some darn good conversation!

FYI: We will be taking a break for the Summer, returning in September, more info will follow.

DATE: Sunday, June 1, 2025
TIME: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm (feel free to stay awhile & chat)
LOCATION: Darla's Deli & Cafe, 6800 183rd St, Tinley Park, IL 60477,
708-894-7100

**event limited to 12 people
**put yourself on the wait-list if RSVPs are full as cancellations do occur
**this is a restaurant event with a 72 hour cancellation policy, if you cancel after Thursday, May 29 at 11:00 am, we sadly will have to mark you as a "no-show". Three "no-shows" & you will be temporarily removed from the group. Let's be considerate of those on the wait list & our venue-Darla's Deli & Cafe.

BOOK SELECTION: Women's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery

SYNOPSIS: The Beidermeier might be several rungs lower on the ladder than the real-life Barbizon, but its residents manage to occupy one another nonetheless. There’s Katherine, the first-floor manager, lightly cynical & more than lightly suggestible. There’s Lucianne, a workshy party girl caught between the love of comfort & an instinctive bridling at convention, Kitty the sponger, Ruth the failed hairdresser, & Pauline the typesetter. And there’s Stephen, the daytime elevator operator & part-time Cooper Union student.

The residents give up breakfast, juggle competing jobs at rival presses, abandon their children, get laid off from the telephone company, attempt to retrain as stenographers, all with the shared awareness that their days as an institution are numbered, & they’d better make the most of it while it lasts.

**for more info on Daniel L. Lavery, go to: https://www.danielmlavery.com/

**for more info on Darla's Deli & Cafe, go to: http://darlasdelicafe.com/