The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon is the focus of Pageturners book club's September selection. In addition to three book discussion opportunities, Pageturners will host two screenings of the 2010 HBO movie Temple Grandin. The book and the movie both explore issues related to autism, but each from a different perspective.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is the story of a 15-year-old boy named Christopher who investigates the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog. Christopher has Asperger's syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism, which affects his daily life and the way he documents his investigation. He knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched, and he detests the color yellow. Christopher’s detective work takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world.
Temple Grandin is an engaging portrait of an autistic young woman, chronicling Temple's early diagnosis; her turbulent growth and development during her school years; the enduring support she received from her mother, aunt, and her science teacher; and her emergence as a woman with an innate sensitivity and understanding of animal behavior. Undaunted by education, social and professional roadblocks, Grandin turned her unique talent into a behavioral tool that revolutionized the cattle industry and laid the groundwork for her successful career as an author, lecturer and pioneering advocate for autism and autism spectrum disorder education.
Pageturners is Schoolcraft College's book discussion group. Book Discussions will be held Monday, September 24 at 4 p.m. and Tuesday, September 25 at 1:30 p.m. in the Bradner Library on the college's main campus in Livonia and at the Radcliff Center in Garden City on Thursday, September 27 at 4 p.m.
The movie will be shown on Monday, September 24 at 6 p.m. at the Radcliff Center and again on Wednesday, September 26 at 1 p.m. in the McDowell Center on the main campus in Livonia. Students, faculty, staff and the public are welcome to attend.
In November, Pageturners will be discussing Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 and will host a Panel Discussion. Losing Alicia: A Father's Journey After 9/11 will be the focus in November including a Meet the Author event with author John L. Titus. All three books are available at a significant discount from the Schoolcraft College Bookstore. For more information about Pageturners visit http://sites.google.com/site/scpageturners or call 734-464-4400 ext. 5685.