LIBERAL LADIES BOOK CLUB AUGUST 2025

Greetings from Phoenix! It is so HOT out here, but I am enjoying my visit with my daughter, granddaughter and son in law very much. We spent 5 days in San Diego and I did not take my computer, so this is late and I apologize. However we are continuing our July book which helps.

In August, we will have our second discussion of Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon
THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved, offering a paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is, how it came to be, and how this evolution still shapes all our lives today

“A smart, funny, scientific deep-dive into the power of a woman’s body, Eve surprises, educates, and emboldens.” —Bonnie Garmus, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Lessons in Chemistry

Since this is a long book, we decided to spread it over 2 months; this helps accomodate vacations and traveling for all of us. Amazon has it for roughly $14 in Kindle and paperback; Fort Worth Library has ebook and regular formats (at the moment there are holds on all formats)

At the July meeting we selected the book for September: Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Godwin
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.

This should be a very good book; I love her interviews on TV.

If for any reason you RSVP and find you cannot come, please let us know. Sometimes we have a wait list and this really helps!

I will see you all on the 16TH!!!

Claire

A reminder: Tarrant County Democratic Party is holding the 3rd Annual Opal Lee Empowerment Luncheon on September 13th. VIP time begins at 11:00 am and the luncheon begins at 12:00 noon.
For tickets go to https://tarrantdemocrats.org/ The event and ticket information are on a pop-up which will appear when you start scrolling the page. Just click on it to purchase tickets. The last day for Early Bird tickets is August 23rd.

We have not confirmed a speaker yet, but I promise to let everyone know as soon as possible!! Health issues permitting, Dr. Opal Lee will attend the luncheon.