Love to read? Join us for Books & Bites as we discuss "News of the World" by Paulette Jiles. Captain Kidd, a retired Civil War captain, ends up escorting a 10-year-old to her family. Johanna was captured by the Kiowa and lived with them for 4 years. The unlikely duo travel through rough Texas country together and escape one harrowing ordeal after the other. The book for Wednesday, December 5, is "The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick.

2019 book club membership (January - December) is $55 (check payable to Hadassah Southern California). 1st meeting  is FREE for newbies, and a $10 drop-in fee is required for book group non-members. Hadassah membership is required.