The Interfaith Women’s Book Group was formed in 2009 when a group of women from the Presbyterian Church of Western Springs reached out to women from the Mosque Foundation of Bridgeview with the expressed hope of fostering understanding of our Christian and Muslim neighbors. Presently, the Group joins hands with the women of the Mosque Foundation, the Presbyterian Church of Western Springs, as well as women from several other local congregations to read, share and laugh together as they build bridges to friendship and understanding. The group meets monthly, September through May, Wednesday afternoons for fellowship, book, and film discussion. They typically meet alternately between the Mosque Foundation and the Presbyterian Church of Western Springs. However, presently they meet over Zoom.
For more information, please contact MaryJo. Also, please check the church calendar for meeting information.
Here’s the list for the 2021/22 Season:
September 15, 2021
Title: Sunflower Sisters Author: Martha Hall
October 20, 2021
Title: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent Author: Isabel Wilkerson
November 17, 2021
Title: American Dirt Author: Jeanine Cummins
January 19, 2022
Title: The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion Author: Fannie Flagg
February 16, 2022
Title: I Am Nojood, Age 10 and Divorced Author: Najood Ali
March 16, 2022
Title: The Beekeeper of Aleppo Author: Christy Lefteri
April 20, 2022
Title: Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom Author: Ariel Burger
May 18, 2022
Select books for 2022-2023
Also Recommended
The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan
Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I Have Loved by Kate Bowler
The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Catherine Ingelman Sundberg
We Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg
Ellie and the Harpmaker by Hazel Prior
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
Here’s the list for the 2020/21 Season:
September 16, 2020
Title: The Night Watchman Author: Louise Erdrich
October 21, 2020
Title: Being Mortal Author: Atul Gawande
November 18, 2020 Words of Wisdom from Children’s Books
January 20, 2021
Title: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek Author: Kim Michele Richardson
February 17, 2021
Title: Born a Crime Author: Trevor Noah
March 17, 2020
Title: The Secrets Between Us Author: Thrity Umrigar
April 21, 2021
Title: Tattoos on the Heart Author: Gregory Boyle
Also Recommended
The Black Penguin by Andrew Evans
The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clementine Wamariya
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
American Dirt by Jeannie Cumins
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
I Am Najood, Age 10 and Divorced by Najood Ali