BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20240722T233000Z DTEND:20240723T013000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:The Joys & Challenges of Aging Book Club with Carrie Waller DESCRIPTION:Bloom's 2024 book club is announcing its final three books for this year. The book club\, facilitated by Carrie Waller\, focuses on the joys and challenges of aging. It meets six times over the course of one year (once every other month) and features six books covering a variety of aging-related topics. You can view the final three books in the series below. Each two-hour session starts with a gentle yoga practice\, transitions to a group discussion\, and closes with a short meditation. These sessions enable participants to build connections with others in the Bloom community who share similar their love of reading.\n\n\n \n\nJuly 22nd\, Inheritance by Dani Shapiro\n\nInheritance\, by Dani Shapiro\, is a memoir that grips you from the very first page. Shapiro discovers that her deceased father was not her biological parent\, leading her on an extraordinary journey of self- discovery. Shapiro's journey serves as a reminder that our sense of self is often shaped by the stories of those who came before us\, but and that sometimes\, the most profound discoveries lie within our own DNA.\n\n \n\n \n\nSeptember 23rd\, Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Stout\n\nOlive Kitteridge\, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel\, later made into an HBO series featuring Frances McDormand in the role of the cranky and unlikable Olive Kitteridge. So\, you're in for the joy of reading a great book and the treat of watching the series with some wonderful performances. The book follows the Kitteridges over a course of decades\, and in doing so presents a series of empathetic and honest stories about the people in small-town America and the large and small dramas\, heartbreaks and joys in their lives.\n\n\n\nNovember 18th\n\nFinal book to be determined by the book club. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Bloom&rsquo\;s 2024 book club is announcing its final three books for this year. The book club\, facilitated by Carrie Waller\, focuses on the joys and challenges of aging. It meets six times over the course of one year \;(once every other month) and features six books covering a variety of aging-related topics. You can view \;the final three books in the series below. Each two-hour session starts with a gentle yoga practice\, \;transitions to a group discussion\, and closes with a short meditation. These sessions enable participants \;to build connections with others in the Bloom community who share similar their love of reading.

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July 22nd\, Inheritance by Dani Shapiro
\nInheritance\, by Dani Shapiro\, is a memoir that grips you from the very first page. Shapiro discovers that \;her deceased father was not her biological parent\, leading her on an extraordinary journey of self- \;discovery. Shapiro'\;s journey serves as a reminder that our sense of self is often shaped by the stories of \;those who came before us\, but and that sometimes\, the most profound discoveries lie within our own \;DNA.
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September 23rd\, Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Stout
\nOlive Kitteridge\, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel\, later made into an HBO series featuring Frances \;McDormand in the role of the cranky and unlikable Olive Kitteridge. So\, you&rsquo\;re in for the joy of reading a \;great book and the treat of watching the series with some wonderful performances. The book follows \;the Kitteridges over a course of decades\, and in doing so presents a series of empathetic and honest \;stories about the people in small-town America and the large and small dramas\, heartbreaks and joys in \;their lives.
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\nNovember 18th
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Final book to be determined by the book club.
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\n LOCATION:Bloom Yoga Studio 4663 N Rockwell Chicago\, IL UID:e.697.50381 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260406T144546Z URL:http://lincolnsquareravenswood.smartcms.site/events/details/the-joys-challenges-of-aging-book-club-with-carrie-waller-07-22-2024-50381 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR