How did it get to be nearly September so quickly? Hopefully our weather will cool down a bit by the time we meet!
The September book selection is:
Wait Until Next Year by Doris Kearnes Godwin
Amazon book notes:
By the award-winning author of Team of Rivals and The Bully Pulpit, Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s touching memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseball.
Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year re-creates the postwar era, when the corner store was a place to share stories and neighborhoods were equally divided between Dodger, Giant, and Yankee fans.
We meet the people who most influenced Goodwin’s early life: her mother, who taught her the joy of books but whose debilitating illness left her housebound: and her father, who taught her the joy of baseball and to root for the Dodgers of Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snider, and Gil Hodges. Most important, Goodwin describes with eloquence how the Dodgers’ leaving Brooklyn in 1957, and the death of her mother soon after, marked both the end of an era and, for her, the end of childhood.
Our meeting will be at our usual location. I will send the address out a few days prior to the meeting for those "first timers"
There may be some protest/demonstrations coming up soon but I do not have any information. I will send out a notice once I know something.
Please visit the Tarrant County Democratic Party website www.Democrats.org for information on our upcoming fundraisers.
On August 28, we will have our monthly Office Rent Party. Since it is Back To School time, we are honoring our teachers and bringing items teachers purchase out of pocket for their classrooms. You may make a one time donation for this month's party or become a Sustaining Member of the Democratic Party with a regular monthly donation.
The Third Annual Opal Lee Empowerment Luncheon will be September 13. You may purchase tickets online for this event.
I hope to see you at one of these events, and will see you on Sept 20
Claire
